Origin: Latin suffix -al
Ordinal has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
the number designating place in an ordered sequence
An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
being or denoting a numerical order in a series
"ordinal numbers"
"held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Indicating position in a sequence.
The word ordinal comes from the Latin ordinālis, which was formed by adding a suffix to the noun ōrdō meaning "order." It originally described something arranged in a specific sequence or rank.