Where does “rearrange” come from?
Rearrange comes from English re- plus arrange, which derives from Old French aranger, from Frankish hring meaning "ring" or "circle," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to turn" and "to cut."
rearrange (English): To change the order or arrangement of
Definitions
- To change the order or arrangement of
Ancestry of “rearrange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arrange | To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly... |
| 2 | German | arrangieren | to arrange; to come to an agreement |
| 3 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |