English
ordinator
Ordinator comes from Latin ordinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’, 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 CEordinōas ōrdināre‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātor
- Englishearliest quotation 1629ordinator
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 CEordinōas ōrdināre‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinātor
- Englishearliest quotation 1629ordinator
Earliest quotation: 1629, Thomas Adams: “if nature and her ordinator, God, deny health, how…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
reason, art, ready, article, army, rate, artist, arm, alarm, ratio, harmony, armor, arthritis, arithmetic, articulate, anarchy, harmonic, artisan, harmonious, armament, inertia, aristocratic, articulation, inert, harmonize, rta, artifice, armadillo, archon, rime, armature, harmonium, arche, 76 more
through Proto-Italic *ordō
through Latin ōrdō ‘order’
ornament, adorn, ornate, ordo, orn, ordain, 11 more
through Latin ordinō ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
Today it means
noun One who ordains or establishes; a director.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / ordinator