ordinance

The story

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromordinantia
2. Old French · derived fromordenance“decree, command”
3. Middle English · inherited fromordinaunce
4. English todayordinance

From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance.