Where does “ornamentality” come from?

ornamentality (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.

ornamentality (English): The quality of being ornamental

Definitions

  1. The quality of being ornamental

Ancestry of “ornamentality”, step by step

ornamentality 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 ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)-
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