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Where does “readjustment” come from?

Readjustment is derived from English adjustment, from French ajustement, combining French re- with ajustement, ultimately from Latin iustus meaning just or fitting, rooted in Proto-Indo-European wer-.

readjustment (English): a second, or subsequent adjustment

Definitions

  1. a second, or subsequent adjustment

Ancestry of “readjustment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadjustmentThe action of adjusting something; The result of...
2Frenchajustementadjustment, adjusting, tweak
3Frenchajusterto adjust; tweak
4Frenchjustefair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;...
5Old Frenchjuste—
6Latiniūstus—
7Latiniūs—
8Latindīcō—
9Latin-tiō—
10Latindissertātiō—
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
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