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ornare
Latin · ancient
"to equip, to embellish"
to equip, to embellish, combined with ad- (to)
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adornare
Latin · ancient
"to equip fully, to decorate"
to equip fully, to decorate, from ad- and ornare
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aorner
Old French · medieval
"to decorate something to make it more beautiful"
carried into French for decorating something to make it more beautiful
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adorn
English · 1300s
"to decorate something to make it more attractive"
settled as the English word for decorating something to make it more attractive
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