myEtymology.com: English etymology of recompose

Etymology of the English word recompose

the English word recompose

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)

using the English prefix re-

derived from the Latin prefix re-