English
coordination
Coordination comes from Latin ōrdinātiō ‘regulating, arranging’, from ōrdō ‘order’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ordōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdō‘order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinō‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātiō‘regulating, arranging’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcoōrdinātiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coordination
- Englishearliest quotation 1833coordination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ordōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdō‘order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinō‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātiō‘regulating, arranging’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcoōrdinātiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600coordination
- Englishearliest quotation 1833coordination
Earliest quotation: 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: John Murray: “There are two possible modes of unity in a…”
Formed from coordinate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
Proto-Italic *ordō
Latin ōrdō ‘order’
Latin ōrdinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
Medieval Latin coōrdinātus
English coordinate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
art, ready, reason, army, rate, article, arm, artist, alarm, harmony, ratio, armor, arthritis, anarchy, articulate, arithmetic, harmonic, artisan, armament, aristocratic, inert, harmonious, rta, articulation, armadillo, harmonize, rime, artifice, armature, archon, harmonium, arche, 75 more
through Proto-Italic *ordō
through Latin ōrdō ‘order’
ordinary, ornament, adorn, ornate, ordo, ordain, orn, ordinal, inordinate, 9 more
through Latin ōrdinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
Today it means
noun The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / coordination