English
ordinate
Ordinate comes from Latin ōrdinātus ‘arranged, ordered, having been put in order,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-.
- 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‘arrange, put in order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātus‘arranged, ordered, having been put in order, organized’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ordinat(e)
- Englishtodayordinate
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‘arrange, put in order’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātus‘arranged, ordered, having been put in order, organized’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ordinat(e)
- Englishtodayordinate
The story
Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
reason, art, ready, article, army, artist, arm, rate, alarm, ratio, harmony, armor, arthritis, arithmetic, anarchy, harmonic, artisan, articulate, harmonious, aristocratic, armament, inertia, articulation, inert, harmonize, rta, artifice, armadillo, archon, rime, armature, harmonium, arche, 79 more
through Proto-Italic *ordō
through Latin ōrdō ‘order’
ornament, adorn, ornate, ordo, orn, ordain, 14 more
through Latin ōrdinō ‘arrange, put in order’
Today it means
noun The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / ordinate