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Where does “reconfiguration” come from?

Reconfiguration comes from Middle French reconfiguration, from Latin reconfiguratio, combining the prefix re- with configuratio, itself from con- and figurare meaning to shape together.

reconfiguration (English): A reconfigured state; The act of reconfiguring

Definitions

  1. A reconfigured state; The act of reconfiguring

Ancestry of “reconfiguration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconfigurationForm, as depending on the relative disposition of...
2Middle Frenchconfiguration—
3Latinconfiguratioconfiguration
4Latincōnfigūrō—
5Latincōn-—
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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