Language Of Confusion: Armed, Part IV

Here’s even more words from the Proto Indo European ar-, to fit together, continuing all the order words from last week.
 
First of all, ordain, yes, as in ordaining a priest. It showed up in the fourteenth century from the Old French ordener, which meant to place in order or designate, which is from the classical Latin ordinare, to organize (and organize, for the record, has a completely different origin), and that’s from the Proto Italic ordn-, which is from (probably) ar-.
 
Primordial is actually much closer to order. It showed up in the late fourteenth century from the Late Latin primordialis, and before that the classical Latin primordium, the beginning. That’s a combination of primus, first, and ordiri, to begin or be born. That’s from ordn-, which is from ar-. Primordial is the first to be in order.
 
Coordinate showed up in the mid seventeenth century, from the Medieval Latin coordinatus and its verb form coordinare, to set in order. Com- means with or together, and the rest is from ordination, organization. That’s from ordo, order, and thus all the order words. There’s also inordinate, which showed up in the late fourteenth century meaning not ordered, from the classical Latin inordinatus, unorganized. The in- means not or opposite of there, and the rest is ordinare, to organize, so inordinate is unorganized.
 
And similarly, there’s subordinate. It showed up in the mid fifteenth century from the Medieval Latin subordinatus and its verb form subordinare. The sub- means under and the rest is from ordinare, so a subordinate is… organized under? Plus there’s suborn, like suborning perjury (the only time I’ve heard it used). It showed up in the mid sixteenth century from the French suborner and classical Latin subornare, to bribe. We know what sub means, but the ornare means to decorate or equip, so to suborn is to decorate under. Somehow.
 
Sources
Online Etymology Dictionary
Google Translate
Omniglot
University of Texas at Austin Linguistic Research Center
University of Texas at San Antonio’s page on Proto Indo European language
Dictionary of Medieval Latin
Orbis Latinus