Where does “ordination hall” come from?
ordination hall (English) comes from English ordination, from Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ordination hall (English): a Buddhist building specifically consecrated and designated for the performance of the Buddhist ordination ritual and other rites
Definitions
- a Buddhist building specifically consecrated and designated for the performance of the Buddhist ordination ritual and other rites
Ancestry of “ordination hall”, step by step
ordination hall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ordination
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ordination | The act of ordaining or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle French | ordination | — |
| 3 | Old French | ordinacion | — |
| 4 | Latin | ordinatio | regulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Hall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hall | Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on... |
| 2 | Middle English | halle | hall; Alternative form of hale; Alternative form... |
| 3 | Old English | heall | a hall; residence; a large room forming part of a... |
| 4 | Frankish | hallu | large room, hall; hall |
| 5 | Finnish | halu | desire; urge, itch |
| 6 | Finnish | halata | to hug, embrace; to want |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |