Where does “ornamentalism” come from?

ornamentalism (English) comes from English ornamental, from English ornament, from Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornāmentum, from Latin ornō, from Latin ōrdnō, from Latin ōrdō — to arrange.

ornamentalism (English): Any artistic or architectural style characterised...

Definitions

  1. Any artistic or architectural style characterised...

Ancestry of “ornamentalism”, step by step

ornamentalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ornamental

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishornamentalServing as an ornament; having no purpose other...
2EnglishornamentAn element of decoration; that which embellishes...
3Middle Englishornament
4Old Frenchornementornament
5Latinornāmentumequipment, apparatus, furniture
6Latinornōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare
7Latinōrdnō
8Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
9Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)-Every word from Latin ōrdōEvery word from Latin ōrdnō