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"to arrange (put in order)" in seven languages

Meaningto arrange (put in order)

Spanish

ordenar

/oɾdeˈnaɾ/

other source · Latin ORDINĀRE 'to put in order'

French

ranger

/ʁɑ̃ʒe/

inherited

Also 'to tidy up, put away'; arranger exists too (arranger des fleurs).

Italian

sistemare

/sisteˈmare/

other source · Italian sistema, from Latin SYSTĒMA (Greek)

Italian arrangiarsi means 'to get by, make do'.

Portuguese

organizar

/ohɡaniˈzah/

other source · Medieval Latin ORGANIZĀRE (ORGANUM 'instrument')

Romanian

aranja

/aranˈʒa/

borrowed · French arranger

Catalan

ordenar

/uɾdəˈna/

other source · Latin ORDINĀRE 'to put in order'

English

arrange

/əˈɹeɪndʒ/

from Latin/French · Old French arangier, from rang 'row'

English → Italianto arrange (put in order)sistemareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: rank, range.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Frankish *hring‘ring, circle (Old French renc 'row, rank')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English arrange and French ranger both come from Old French rang 'row', a Frankish word: to arrange is to set things in a row. Spanish orders (ordenar), Italian systematizes (sistemare).

English relatives: rank, range

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In a sentence

  • esOrdenó los libros por colores.
  • frElle a rangé les livres par couleur.
  • itHa sistemato i libri per colore.
  • ptEla organizou os livros por cor.
  • roA aranjat cărțile după culoare.
  • caVa ordenar els llibres per colors.
  • enShe arranged the books by colour.

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