Where does “ordain” come from?

Ordain comes from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare meaning "to put in order," derived from Latin ordo meaning "order" or "arrangement," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-.

ordain (English): To prearrange unalterably; To decree; To admit...

Definitions

  1. To prearrange unalterably; To decree; To admit...

Ancestry of “ordain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchordiner—
2Latinōrdināre—
3Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
4Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ordain”

Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)- →Every word from Latin ōrdō →Every word from Latin ōrdināre →