Where does “ordinal” come from?

Ordinal comes from Latin ordinalis, derived from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ored(h)-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-, meaning to arrange or join.

ordinal (English): Indicating position in a sequence; Pertaining to...

Definitions

  1. Indicating position in a sequence; Pertaining to...

Ancestry of “ordinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinordinalisordinal
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “ordinal”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin ordinalis →