Where does “Größenordnung” come from?
Größenordnung (German) comes from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Größenordnung (German): order of magnitude
Definitions
- order of magnitude
Ancestry of “Größenordnung”, step by step
Größenordnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ordnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ordnung | arrangement, regulation; classification, order,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ordenunge | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ordinunga | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ordinōn | to put in order |
| 5 | Latin | ordino | I arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,... |
| 6 | Latin | ordo | a methodical series, arrangement, or order;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ord-on- | row, order |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |