ordo

Meaning

1. (declension-3) a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series
2. (declension-3) a class, station, condition, rank
3. (declension-3) a group (of people) of the same class, caste, station, or rank ("vir senatorii ordinis")
4. (declension-3) A rank or line of soldiers; band, troop, company
5. (declension-3) command, captaincy, generalship
6. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3) a guide for the celebration of a liturgical rite, such as the Mass or the Liturgy of the Hours ("Ordo Romanus Primus", "Ordo Missae")

Concepts

order

rank

class

kind

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

sort

species

tidiness

family

👪

file

Translations

ordre

Ordnung

orden

rang

ordine

classe

ordem

άγριος

Ordo

classe

αριστοκράτης

rango

orde

classe

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈoːr.doː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ordō (“row, order”); the initial ō- is a secondary development. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit together”), whence also artus (“joint, limb”).