Where does “OR” come from?
OR (English) comes from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
OR (English): Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other...
Definitions
- Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other...
Ancestry of “OR”, step by step
OR traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English ōr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 2 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 3 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 4 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 5 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 7 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 8 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 9 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |