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Ornament

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an object used to decorate something, especially for its beauty rather than usefulness
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Stage 1 of 3
ornare
Latin · ancient
"to equip, to embellish"
to equip, to embellish
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Stage 2 of 3
ornamentum
Latin · ancient
"equipment, embellishment"
equipment, embellishment, from ornare
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Stage 3 of 3
ornament
English · 1300s
"an object used to decorate something"
settled as the English word for an object used to decorate something
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