Where does “odaim” come from?

odaim (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin oda, from English order, from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo — to fit, to fix, to put together.

odaim (Tok Pisin): to order

Definitions

  1. to order

Ancestry of “odaim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinodaorder
2EnglishorderArrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position...
3GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
4Middle High Germanordenunge
5Old High Germanordinunga
6Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
7LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
8Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
9Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Italic ord-on-Every word from Latin ordo