myEtymology.com: English etymology of recompose

Etymology of the English word recompose

the English word recompose

using the English prefix re-

derived from the Latin prefix re-

derived from the English word compose

derived from the Old French word composer

derived from the Classical Latin word componere (compare; place, put; construct, build; arrange)

derived from the Latin word ponere (esteem, value, count; lay; found; put, lay down; put, place, set; specify, put down; cite)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *apo-

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)