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Where does “refonctionner” come from?

refonctionner (French) comes from French fonctionner, from French fonction, from Middle French function, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

refonctionner (French): to function again, to start working again

Definitions

  1. to function again, to start working again

Ancestry of “refonctionner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfonctionnerto function, to work
2Frenchfonctionfunction; role
3Middle Frenchfunctionfunction
4Latinfunctiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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