Where does “reorient” come from?
Reorient derives from Middle English re-, Old French re-, and Latin re- (meaning "again"), combined with a root from Proto-Indo-European wert- and wer- (meaning "to turn").
reorient (English): To orient again; to make or become oriented after...
Definitions
- To orient again; to make or become oriented after...
Ancestry of “reorient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Orient | A pear cultivar from the United States |
| 2 | French | orienter | to orientate; to set to north; to guide |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |