Where does “extramatrimonial” come from?
extramatrimonial (English) comes from English extra, from English extraordinary, from Latin extraordinārius, from Latin ōrdinem, from Middle Low German orden, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.
extramatrimonial (English): extramarital
Definitions
- extramarital
Ancestry of “extramatrimonial”, step by step
extramatrimonial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |
via English matrimonial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | matrimonial | Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage;... |
| 2 | English | matrimony | Marriage; the state of being married; The... |
| 3 | Old French | matremoine | — |
| 4 | Latin | mātrimōnium | marriage, matrimony, wedlock |
| 5 | Latin | -monium | Forms collective nouns and nouns designating... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -monyom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mō | Creates agent nouns from verbs |