Restructuring
/ˌriːˈstrʌk.tʃər.ɪŋ/noun
The process of organizing something in a new way, especially a company, system, or debt.
Did you know?Restructuring is built from Latin roots meaning “again” + “to pile up or arrange,” so its deepest history is about re-forming a structure, not just changing paperwork.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teks-
“to weave, build, or fabricate”
Latin
Latin
struere
“to pile up, build, arrange”
Latin
Latin
re- + struere
“to build again, arrange anew”
Late Latin / Medieval Latin
Latin
restructurare
“to rebuild or reorganize”
18th–20th Century
English
restructure
“to organize or rebuild in a new form”
Modern English
English
restructuring
“the act or process of restructuring”