Etymograph

English

mirorder

Mirorder comes from Latin mirus ‘strange, wonderful’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sméyros ‘laughing, smiling’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sméyros1‘laughing, smiling’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smeiros1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmirus2‘strange, wonderful’
  4. Englishtodaymirorder2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin mirus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English mirorder

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sméyrosWiktionary, Latin mirus‘laughing, smiling’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smeirosWiktionary, Latin mirusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmirusWiktionary, English mirorder‘strange, wonderful’
  4. EnglishtodaymirorderWiktionary, English mirorder

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *smeiros

marvelling, 7 more

through Latin mirus ‘strange, wonderful’

marvel, miracle, mirror, admire, admirable, mirage, mirabilis, mirador, 8 more

Today it means

noun A taxonomic ranking just below grandorder and above order.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mirorder”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin mirus. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sméyros / mirorder

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