Where does “ordinate” come from?
Ordinate comes from Latin ordināre, from Latin ōrdō meaning "row" or "order," from Proto-Italic ored(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- meaning "to arrange" or "join."
ordinate (English): The second of the two terms by which a point is...
Definitions
- The second of the two terms by which a point is...
Ancestry of “ordinate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ordinatus | arranged, ordered, having been put in order,... |
| 2 | Latin | ōrdinō | — |
Words derived from “ordinate”