English
foreordination
From fore- + ordination.
Formed from fore- + ordination
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
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Latin ōrdinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
Latin ordinatio ‘regulating, arranging’
Old French ordinacion
Middle French ordination
English ordination
Today it means
noun Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreordination