Where does “unordered” come from?
Unordered derives from English ordered, which comes from Latin ōrdō meaning "arrangement," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "to be in front."
unordered (English): Not having been ordered; Not in any sorted order
Definitions
- Not having been ordered; Not in any sorted order
Ancestry of “unordered”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Un- | — |
| 2 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 3 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “unordered”