English
order
/ˈɔː.də/
Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
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Origin
From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-.
Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo.
Compare typologically Russian поря́док (porjádok) (akin to ряд (rjad)).
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Lineage
- inheritedMiddle Englishordre
- derivedOld Frenchordne
- inheritedLatinōrdō “methodical arrangement, order, or series”
- derivedProto-Italic*ordō
- inheritedLatinōrdō “methodical arrangement, order, or series”
- derivedOld Frenchordne
- rootProto-Indo-European*h₂er- “to fit, put together”
Related: English ordo (doublet)
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: order