Where does “ordination” come from?
Ordination comes from Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio (a arranging or ordering), derived from Latin ordo (order, arrangement) and the Latin suffix -tio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- (to fit or join together).
ordination (English): The act of ordaining or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of ordaining or the state of being...
Ancestry of “ordination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ordination | — |
| 2 | Old French | ordinacion | — |
| 3 | Latin | ordinatio | regulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |