Where does “foreordination” come from?
foreordination (English) comes from English ordination, from Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
foreordination (English): Previous ordination or appointment;...
Definitions
- Previous ordination or appointment;...
Ancestry of “foreordination”, step by step
foreordination traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ordination
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ordination | The act of ordaining or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle French | ordination | — |
| 3 | Old French | ordinacion | — |
| 4 | Latin | ordinatio | regulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Fore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 2 | German | Fahr | — |
| 3 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 4 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 6 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |