Where does “arrangement” come from?
arrangement (French) comes from French arranger, from Old French arangier, from Old French rengier, from Old French reng, from Latin rencus, from Gaulish rekos, from Proto-Celtic reketi, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rek- — to set in order.
arrangement (French): arrangement
Ancestry of “arrangement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arranger | to arrange; to suit, to be convenient; to be set... |
| 2 | Old French | arangier | to arrange |
| 3 | Old French | rengier | to line up; to form ranks |
| 4 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 5 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 6 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |
Words derived from “arrangement”