The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*uʀdailī
- Old English · derived fromordāl“ordeal”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromordālium
- New Latin · borrowed fromordālium
- English todayordalium
From New Latin ordālium, from Medieval Latin ordālium, from Old English ordāl (“ordeal”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī. More at ordeal.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinordālium all →
ordeal
Proto-West Germanic*uʀdailī all →
ordeal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.