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Where does “reconfigure” come from?

reconfigure (French) comes from French reconfigurer, from French ré-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

reconfigure (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “reconfigure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchreconfigurerto reconfigure
2Frenchré-re-
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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