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Where does “extraordinaire” come from?

Extraordinaire comes from French extraordinaire, from Latin extraordinarius meaning "outside the usual order," derived from Latin extra ordinem.

extraordinaire (English): Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding;...

Definitions

  1. Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding;...

Ancestry of “extraordinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchextraordinaireextraordinary, out of the ordinary
2Latinextraordinārius—
3Latinōrdinem—
4Middle Low Germanorden—
5Latinōrdināre—
6Latinōrdō—
7Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
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