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Where does “extraordinaire” come from?

extraordinaire (French) comes from Latin extraordinārius, from Latin ōrdinem, from Middle Low German orden, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

extraordinaire (French): extraordinary, out of the ordinary

Definitions

  1. extraordinary, out of the ordinary

Ancestry of “extraordinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextraordinārius—
2Latinōrdinem—
3Middle Low Germanorden—
4Latinōrdināre—
5Latinōrdō—
6Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “extraordinaire”

  • extraordinaire
  • extraordinairement
  • extraordinar
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