- configuration (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin configurationem (nominative configuratio), noun of action from past participle stem of configurare (see configure).
- configure (v.)
- late 14c., from Latin configurare "to fashion after a pattern," from con- "together" (see com-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)).
- reconfigure (v.)
- 1964, from re- + configure. Related: Reconfigured; reconfiguring.