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Where does “prearrange” come from?

prearrange (English) comes from English arrange, from German arrangieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

prearrange (English): To arrange in advance

Definitions

  1. To arrange in advance

Ancestry of “prearrange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharrangeTo set up; to organize; to put into an orderly...
2Germanarrangierento arrange; to come to an agreement
3German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-āre—
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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