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Where does “ordaigh” come from?

ordaigh (Irish) comes from Old Irish ordaigid, from Old Irish ord, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ordaigh (Irish): order; institute, found

Definitions

  1. order; institute, found

Ancestry of “ordaigh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishordaigidorders, ordains, institutes; appoints ; assigns,...
2Old Irishordorder, sequence; arrangement, state, way, course,...
3Latinōrdō—
4Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ordaigh”

  • neamhordaithe
  • ordú
  • athordaigh
  • ordaithe
  • mí-ordú
  • fo-ordaigh
  • frithordú
  • fo-ordaitheach
  • osordaithe
  • buanordú
  • anordú
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