Where does “rearrangement” come from?
Rearrangement comes from English arrangement plus the suffix re-, derived from French arrangement, which combines French arranger with French -ment, ultimately tracing to Latin ad and Proto-Indo-European ád.
rearrangement (English): The process of rearranging; A rearrangement...
Definitions
- The process of rearranging; A rearrangement...
Ancestry of “rearrangement”, step by step
rearrangement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rearrange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rearrange | To change the order or arrangement of |
| 2 | English | arrange | To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly... |
| 3 | German | arrangieren | to arrange; to come to an agreement |
| 4 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English arrangement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arrangement | The act of arranging; The manner of being... |
| 2 | French | arrangement | arrangement |
| 3 | French | -ment | Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb |
| 4 | Middle French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |