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Where does “ordinal” come from?

ordinal (French) comes from Latin ordinalis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

ordinal (French): ordinal

Definitions

  1. ordinal

Ancestry of “ordinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinordinalis—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “ordinal”

  • ordinale
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