Where does “ordre” come from?

ordre (Middle English) comes from Old French ordne, from Latin ordinem, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Ancestry of “ordre”, step by step

ordre traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ordne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchordne—
2Latinordinemfirst-person singular present active subjunctive...
3Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
4Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Old French ordene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchordeneorder, rank
2Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series

via Old French ordre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchordre—

Words derived from “ordre”

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