Where does “ordenança” come from?

ordenança (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ordenar, from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ordenança (Portuguese): orderly; batman

Definitions

  1. orderly; batman

Ancestry of “ordenança”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseordenarto sort; to order; to order; to ordain
2Latinōrdināre
3Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
4Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange
Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)-Every word from Latin ōrdōEvery word from Latin ōrdināre
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