Where does “ordinair” come from?
ordinair (Dutch) comes from French ordinaire, from Old French ordinaire, from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
ordinair (Dutch): vulgar, common, ordinary; cheap
Definitions
- vulgar, common, ordinary; cheap
Ancestry of “ordinair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ordinaire | ordinary; the ordinary, the usual |
| 2 | Old French | ordinaire | a diocesan church official; judge ordinary;... |
| 3 | Latin | ōrdinārius | of or relating to order; orderly, usual, customary, regular, ordinary |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |