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Where does “ordinär” come from?

ordinär (German) comes from French ordinaire, from Old French ordinaire, from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

ordinär (German): vulgar; ordinary

Definitions

  1. vulgar; ordinary

Ancestry of “ordinär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchordinaireordinary; the ordinary, the usual
2Old Frenchordinairea diocesan church official; judge ordinary;...
3Latinōrdinārius—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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