Where does “ogro” come from?

ogro (Basque) comes from Spanish ogro, from French ogre, from Latin orcus, from Ancient Greek ὅρκος, from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- — to emend, make good, recompense.

ogro (Basque): ogre

Definitions

  1. ogre

Ancestry of “ogro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishogroogre; fiend, brute; crank
2Frenchogreogre
3Latinorcusunderworld; afterlife
4Ancient Greekὅρκοςthe object by which one swears, the witness of an...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanserḱ-to emend, make good, recompense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρκος →Every word from Latin orcus →