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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
1Latinextraordinārius—
2Latinōrdinem—
3Middle Low Germanorden—
4Latinōrdināre—
5Latinōrdō—
6Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “extraordinary”

  • extra
  • extraordinarily
  • extravasation
  • extraordinariness
  • extravasate
  • extralong
  • unextraordinary
  • extraordinarity
  • extraness
  • extracondensed
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