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Where does “ornement” come from?

ornement (Old French) comes from Latin ornāmentum, from Latin ornō, from Latin ōrdnō, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ornement (Old French): ornament

Definitions

  1. ornament

Ancestry of “ornement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinornāmentum—
2Latinornō—
3Latinōrdnō—
4Latinōrdō—
5Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

Words derived from “ornement”

  • ornament
  • ornamental
  • ornamentation
  • ornamentally
  • unornamental
  • ornamentalism
  • ornamentalist
  • ornamentist
  • ornamenter
  • nonornamental
  • overornament
  • ornamentor
  • ornamentary
  • ornement
  • ornemental
  • ornementer
  • ornementalement
  • ornementation
  • ornament
  • oirnimint
  • ornement
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