Where does “exordium” come from?
exordium (Dutch) comes from Latin exordium, from Latin exōrdior, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
exordium (Dutch): introduction, preface
Ancestry of “exordium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | exordium | beginning, commencement; introduction, preface;... |
| 2 | Latin | exōrdior | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |