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French word ordinateur comes from Proto-Italic *ored(h)-, Romanian ordinem, Proto-Italic *ored-, Proto-Indo-European *h₃osk-, and later Latin ornus (A lance made of the wood of an ash. An ash tree.)

*ored(h)- (Proto-Italic)

ordinem (Romanian)

*ored- (Proto-Italic)

*h₃osk- (Proto-Indo-European)

ornus (Latin)

A lance made of the wood of an ash. An ash tree.

ordo (Latin)

(military) A rank or line of soldiers; band, troop, company. (military) command, captaincy, generalship. A class, station, condition, rank. A group (of people) of the same class, caste, station, or rank ("senatorii ordinis"). A methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series.

ornare (Latin)

ordenar (Catalan)

To arrange, to sort, to tidy. To order, to give a command. To order, to put in order.

ordinator (Latin)

Ordainer. Orderer, regulator, arranger.

ordinateur (French)

(archaic, Christianity) One who performs an ordination ceremony.. A computer, a computing device. [from 1955].

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