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Where does “ordenance” come from?

ordenance (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from Medieval Latin ordinans, from Latin ōrdinō.

Ancestry of “ordenance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinordinantia—
2Medieval Latinordinans—
3Latinōrdinō—

Words derived from “ordenance”

  • ordinance
  • preordinance
  • coordinance
  • antiordinance
  • ordinansa
  • ordinansa
Every word from Latin ōrdinō →