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Where does “mí-ordú” come from?

mí-ordú (Irish) comes from Irish ordú, from Middle Irish ordugud, from Old Irish ord, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

mí-ordú (Irish): disorder, disarray

Definitions

  1. disorder, disarray

Ancestry of “mí-ordú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishordúverbal noun of ordaigh; order; command
2Middle Irishordugud—
3Old Irishordorder, sequence; arrangement, state, way, course,...
4Latinōrdō—
5Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
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