'reconfigure' originates from the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the word 'configure' from Latin 'configurare', where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'figurare' meant 'to shape'.

'configure' transformed from the Latin word 'configurare' and eventually became the modern English word 'configure', with 'reconfigure' being a later adaptation.

Initially, it meant 'to shape together again', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to change the arrangement or settings of something'.