Where does “ordor” come from?

ordor (Old French) comes 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 “ordor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchorduredirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth
2Old Frenchordfilthy
3Latinhorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth,...
4Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
5Proto-Italichorzēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

Words derived from “ordor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horreō →