Configurable
/kənˈfɪɡ.jər.ə.bəl/noun
Able to be arranged or set up in different ways.
Did you know?Its core comes from Latin figurare, “to shape,” the same deep root behind words of form, figure, and imagination — language literally treating setup as a kind of shaping ritual.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to put, place, set”
Latin
Latin
figura
“shape, form, figure”
Late Latin
Latin
configurare
“to shape together, arrange into a form”
Middle English
English
configuracioun
“the act of shaping or arranging; astrological formation”
Modern English
English
configurable
“capable of being configured or arranged in different ways”
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