Where does “arrangement” come from?
arrangement (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French arrangement, 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 — to set in order.
arrangement (Norwegian Nynorsk): arrangement, event
Definitions
- arrangement, event
Ancestry of “arrangement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | arrangement | arrangement |
| 2 | French | arranger | to arrange; to suit, to be convenient; to be set... |
| 3 | Old French | arangier | to arrange |
| 4 | Old French | rengier | to line up; to form ranks |
| 5 | Old French | reng | place; position |
| 6 | Latin | rencus | row; order, rank |
| 7 | Gaulish | rekos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | reketi | to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (H)rek- | to set in order |