Where does “ordinariato” come from?
ordinariato (Italian) comes from Italian ordinario, from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
ordinariato (Italian): professorship; ordinariate
Definitions
- professorship; ordinariate
Ancestry of “ordinariato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ordinario | ordinary, usual, normal, customary; average;... |
| 2 | Latin | ōrdinārius | of or relating to order; orderly, usual, customary, regular, ordinary |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |