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Where does “ornamental” come from?

ornamental (Catalan) comes from Catalan ornament, from Latin ornāmentum, from Latin ornō, from Latin ōrdnō, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ornamental (Catalan): ornamental

Definitions

  1. ornamental

Ancestry of “ornamental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanornamentornament
2Latinornāmentum—
3Latinornō—
4Latinōrdnō—
5Latinōrdō—
6Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
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