Configuration
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mid 16th century (denoting the relative position of celestial objects): from late Latin configuratio(n- ), from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’ (see configure).
wiktionary
From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation
etymonline
configuration (n.)
"external form or shape resulting from the disposition and arrangement of parts," 1550s, from Late Latin configurationem (nominative configuratio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin configurare "to fashion after a pattern," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (from PIE root *dheigh- "to form, build").
