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arrange

/əˈeɪndʒ/ur-AYNJ
/ɚˈeɪndʒ/ur-AYNJ

Meaningput in order

Common meaning: organise or put in order

‘to, towards’ + ‘put out of order’ → arrange

Journey through time

Hybrid: Latin + Old French Its parts come from different languages; the combined form first appears in our sources in Old French.

  • ar — Latin ad- “to, towards” (path traced)
  • range — Old French rangier “put out of order” (path traced)

Parts join in Old French as arengier.

  1. Latinad- + rangier‘to, towards + put out of order’source
  2. Old Frencharengier‘put in order’source
  3. Middle Englisharengen‘put in order’source
  4. Englisharrange‘organise or put in order’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French arengier, which Skeat analyses as ad- ‘to, towards’ + rangier ‘put out of order’.

Roots

  • arengier Old French “put in order”
  • rangier Old French “put out of order”

Related words

derange

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