English
ordonnance
Ordonnance comes from French ordonnance ‘prescription’, from Middle French ordonner ‘to command’, 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 CEordinoas ordināre‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ordiner
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ordonner‘to command’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to prescribe’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentordonnance‘prescription’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 CEordinoas ordināre‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ordiner
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ordonner‘to command’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to prescribe’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentordonnance‘prescription’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
art, ready, reason, rate, article, army, artist, arm, ratio, alarm, harmony, armor, arthritis, articulate, arithmetic, aristocratic, anarchy, harmonic, inertia, artisan, inert, armament, harmonious, articulation, armadillo, rta, armature, harmonize, rime, artifice, archon, harmonium, arche, 72 more
through Proto-Italic *ordō
through Latin ōrdō ‘order’
ordinary, ornament, ornate, adorn, inordinate, ordinal, orn, 7 more
through Latin ordino ‘to arrange, put in order, organize’
coordinate, coordination, subordinate, ordination, ordinate, ordinator, 1 more
through Old French ordiner
Today it means
noun The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / ordonnance