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Where does “ornamentalist” come from?

ornamentalist (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.

ornamentalist (English): An artist who favours an ornamental style

Definitions

  1. An artist who favours an ornamental style

Ancestry of “ornamentalist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishornamentalServing as an ornament; having no purpose other...
2EnglishornamentAn element of decoration; that which embellishes...
3Middle Englishornament—
4Old Frenchornementornament
5Latinornāmentum—
6Latinornō—
7Latinōrdnō—
8Latinōrdō—
9Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
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