Where does “ordeñar” come from?

ordeñar (Spanish) comes from Latin ōrdināre, from Latin ōrdō, from Proto-Italic ored(h)- — to arrange.

ordeñar (Spanish): to milk

Definitions

  1. to milk

Ancestry of “ordeñar”, step by step

ordeñar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ōrdināre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōrdināre—
2Latinōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
3Proto-Italicored(h)-to arrange

via Vulgar Latin ordiniare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinordiniare—
2Latinōrdinōto arrange, put in order, organize

Words derived from “ordeñar”

Every word from Proto-Italic ored(h)- →Every word from Latin ōrdō →Every word from Latin ōrdināre →