ordinal的词源

英文词源

ordinal (n.)

early 14c., "book setting forth the order of services in the Church," from Late Latin adjective ordinalis (see ordinal (adj.)).

ordinal (adj.)

late 14c., "regular, ordinary," from Old French ordinel and directly from Late Latin ordinalis ""showing order, denoting an order of succession," from Latin ordo (genitive ordinis) "row, series" (see order (n.)). Meaning "marking position in an order or series" is from 1590s.

中文词源

ordinal：序数词

来自拉丁语ordinare,安排，布置，指定，词源同order.引申词义顺序，按顺序的，序数词。

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