adorn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 179 words | Copyright

adorn XIV. — OF. adorner, refash., after L., of OF. ao(u)rner (whence ME. aournen) :- L. adornāre, f. AD- + ornāre furnish, deck; cf. ORNAMENT.
So adornment XV.

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