Etymograph

English

extraordinaire

Extraordinaire comes from French extraordinaire ‘extraordinary, out of the ordinary’, and goes back to Latin ōrdinem ‘outside the order’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinem1‘outside the order’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextraordinārius2‘extraordinary’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentextraordinaire3‘extraordinary, out of the ordinary’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2012extraordinaire3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin extraordinarius
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French extraordinaire
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English extraordinaire
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, Lonely Planet, Nicola Williams: “"The very best of Swiss dining in this essentially…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrdinemWiktionary, Latin extraordinarius‘outside the order’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextraordināriusWiktionary, French extraordinaire‘extraordinary’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentextraordinaireWiktionary, English extraordinaire‘extraordinary, out of the ordinary’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2012extraordinaireWiktionary, English extraordinaire. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, Lonely Planet, Nicola Williams: “"The very best of Swiss dining in this essentially…”

Linked words

through Latin ōrdinem ‘outside the order’

order

Today it means

adj Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “extraordinaire”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin extraordinarius, French extraordinaire. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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