reassortment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English assort

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English assortment

English reassortment

From re- + assortment.

Noun

reassortment (countable and uncountable, plural reassortments)

1. The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
2. (biology) The mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.

Alternative forms

• re-assortment

Anagrams

• remonstrates