Etymology Explorer › English

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

  1. The process of rearranging; A rearrangement...

Ancestry of “rearrangement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrearrangeTo change the order or arrangement of
2EnglisharrangeTo set up; to organize; to put into an orderly...
3Germanarrangierento arrange; to come to an agreement
4German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-āre—
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
14Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “rearrangement”

  • photorearrangement
Every word from Chichewa iye →