adverb
successively
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin ordinālisbor. Spanish ordinal Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Old Spanish -mente Spanish -mente Spanish ordinalmente From ordinal + -mente.