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DictionaryRoot: rengier
Old French

rengier

put into line

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Severe disorganization of everyday object use with a supportive caregiver.
noun

derangement

dih-RAYNJ-munt/dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/

Disruption of a normal arrangement.

Etymology
deOld Frenchaway, apart; undoing or absence
+rangeOld Frenchput into line
+mentFrenchan action, result, or means

Undoing the act of putting things into line gives the image of throwing order into confusion. A general disturbance of order later came to mean disturbance of the intellect or reason.

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