Where does “orderlessness” come from?
orderlessness (English) comes from English orderless, 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 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
orderlessness (English): Absence of order; chaos
Ancestry of “orderlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | orderless | Devoid of order or arrangement; chaotic |
| 2 | English | order | Arrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position... |
| 3 | German | Ordnung | arrangement, regulation; classification, order,... |
| 4 | Middle High German | ordenunge | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ordinunga | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ordinōn | to put in order |
| 7 | Latin | ordino | I arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,... |
| 8 | Latin | ordo | a methodical series, arrangement, or order;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ord-on- | row, order |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |