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Where does “oirnimint” come from?

oirnimint (Irish) comes from Old French ornement, from Latin ornāmentum, from Latin ornō, from Latin ōrdnō, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

oirnimint (Irish): ornament

Definitions

  1. ornament

Ancestry of “oirnimint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchornementornament
2Latinornāmentum—
3Latinornō—
4Latinōrdnō—
5Latinōrdō—
6Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
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