Where does “ordinal” come from?

ordinal (Spanish) comes from Latin ordinalis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

ordinal (Spanish): ordinal

Definitions

  1. ordinal

Ancestry of “ordinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinordinalisordinal
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “ordinal”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin ordinalis →