Where does “extraordinary” come from?

Extraordinary derives from Latin extraordinarius, formed from extra ordinem meaning "outside the usual order or course."

extraordinary (English): Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably...

Definitions

  1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably...

Ancestry of “extraordinary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextraordināriusextraordinary
2Latinōrdinem
3Middle Low Germanorden
4Latinōrdināre
5Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
6Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “extraordinary

Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)-