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Where does “metaorder” come from?

metaorder (English) comes from English order, from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

metaorder (English): A large trading order that is split into small...

Definitions

  1. A large trading order that is split into small...

Ancestry of “metaorder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorderArrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position...
2GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
3Middle High Germanordenunge—
4Old High Germanordinunga—
5Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
6LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
7Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
8Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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