Etymology

ordoliberal

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Today it means: A proponent of the theories and ideals of ordoliberalism (“a political philosophy that emphasizes the desirability of the government establishing rules to maximize the potential of the free market to produce results”). Full definition →

German Ordoliberalismus ← Latin ōrdō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂er-“to fit, put together; to fix”
  2. Latin · derived fromōrdō“methodical arrangement, order, or series”
  3. German · borrowed fromOrdoliberalismus
  4. English todayordoliberal

Probably a back-formation from ordoliberalism, borrowed from German Ordoliberalismus (coined in 1950 by the German economist Hero Moeller (1892–1974)), from ORDO (the name of a journal, the full title of which is ORDO — Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (ORDO – Yearbook of Economic and Social Order)) + Liberalismus (“liberalism”). ORDO is derived from Latin ōrdō (“methodical arrangement, order, or series”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix”).

Words from the same roots

GermanOrdoliberalismus all →

ordoliberalism

Latinōrdō all →

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Proto-Indo-European*h₂er- all →

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