Where does “ordalie” come from?

ordalie (Romanian) comes from French ordalie, from New Latin ordalia, from Latin ordalium, from English ordeal, from Middle English ordel, from Old English ordāl, from Proto-Germanic uzdailiją, from Proto-Germanic uzdailijaną — out, outward.

ordalie (Romanian): ordalium, ordeal

Definitions

  1. ordalium, ordeal

Ancestry of “ordalie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchordalieordalium; ordeal
2New Latinordalia
3Latinordalium
4EnglishordealA painful or trying experience; A trial in which...
5Middle Englishordelordeal trial by subjection to a dangerous test
6Old Englishordālordeal, judgement
7Proto-Germanicuzdailijąsomething handed or meted out; allotment, share
8Proto-Germanicuzdailijanąto mete out; to deal out; dispense
9Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
12Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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