Etymology

ordain

or·dain
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Today it means: To prearrange unalterably. Full definition →

Middle English ordeynen ← Old French ordiner ← Latin ordinare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromordinare“to order”
  2. Old French · derived fromordiner
  3. Middle English · inherited fromordeynen
  4. English todayordain

From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.

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