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Where does “ordú” come from?

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

ordú (Irish): verbal noun of ordaigh; order; command

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of ordaigh; order; command

Ancestry of “ordú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishordugud—
2Old Irishordorder, sequence; arrangement, state, way, course,...
3Latinōrdō—
4Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ordú”

  • buanordú
  • frithordú
  • anordú
  • mí-ordú
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