Etymology

disorder

dis·or·der
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Today it means: Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. Full definition →

Middle French desordre ← Old French desordre ← Latin ōrdō
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  1. Latin · derived fromōrdō
  2. Old French · derived fromdesordre
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromdesordre
  4. English todaydisorder

Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).

Words from the same roots

Latinōrdō all →

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