Where does “extraordinair” come from?
extraordinair (Dutch) comes from French extraordinaire, from Latin extraordinārius, from Latin ōrdinem, from Middle Low German orden, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.
extraordinair (Dutch): extraordinary
Definitions
- extraordinary
Ancestry of “extraordinair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | extraordinaire | extraordinary, out of the ordinary |
| 2 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 3 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 5 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |