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Where does “reconfigure” come from?

Reconfigure comes from Old French reconfigurer, from Latin reconfigurare, combining the prefix re- with configurare, meaning to shape or form together.

reconfigure (English): To arrange into a new configuration

Definitions

  1. To arrange into a new configuration

Ancestry of “reconfigure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
2Middle Englishre-—
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “reconfigure”

  • reconfigurable
  • reconfigurability
  • nonreconfigurable
  • reconfigurer
  • unreconfigurable
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