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Where does “ordonner” come from?

ordonner (Middle French) comes from Old French ordiner, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ordonner (Middle French): to command; to order; to decree

Definitions

  1. to command; to order; to decree

Ancestry of “ordonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchordiner—
2Latinōrdināre—
3Latinōrdō—
4Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ordonner”

  • ordonnant
  • ordonner
  • ordona
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