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Where does “ord” come from?

ord (Middle English) comes from Old English ord, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ord (Middle English): a point; the point of a weapon; a point of...

Definitions

  1. a point; the point of a weapon; a point of...

Ancestry of “ord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishordpoint; point of origin, beginning; front;...
2Proto-West Germanic*oʀd—
3Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “ord”

  • ord
  • orde
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →