Where does “ordure” come from?
ordure (Middle French) comes from Old French ordor, from Old French ordure, from Old French ord, from Latin horridus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.
Ancestry of “ordure”, step by step
ordure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French ordor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ordor | — |
| 2 | Old French | ordure | dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth |
| 3 | Old French | ord | filthy |
| 4 | Latin | horridus | rough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth,... |
| 5 | Latin | horreō | to stand erect, stand on end |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |
via Old French ordour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ordour | — |