English
ordinary
Ordinary comes from Anglo-Norman ordenarie and Middle French ordinaire, from Medieval Latin ordinarius, from Latin ōrdinārius ‘regular’, from ōrdō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdō‘order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinārius‘regular, orderly’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500ordinarius
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400ordenarie
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600ordinary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdō‘order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinārius‘regular, orderly’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500ordinarius
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400ordenarie
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600ordinary
Earliest quotation: c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: “I ſee no more in you than in the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
reason, ready, rate, order, art, article, army, artist, arm, ratio, alarm, harmony, armor, arthritis, articulate, arithmetic, harmonic, anarchy, aristocratic, artisan, harmonious, inertia, articulation, inert, armament, rta, harmonize, rime, artifice, armadillo, armature, archon, harmonium, arche, 76 more
through Medieval Latin ōrdō ‘order’
coordination, coordinate, ornament, adorn, ornate, subordinate, ordo, orn, ordain, inordinate, 11 more
Today it means
noun A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ōrdō / ordinary