Where does “ornate” come from?

Ornate comes from Latin ornatus, past participle of ornare meaning to arrange or adorn, from Latin ordo meaning row or order, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- meaning to fit together.

ornate (English): Elaborately ornamented, often to excess; Flashy,...

Definitions

  1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess; Flashy,...

Ancestry of “ornate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinornatusfurnished, equipped, having been furnished;...
2Latinornōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare
3Latinōrdnō—
4Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
5Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ornate”

Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)- →Every word from Latin ōrdō →Every word from Latin ōrdnō →
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