Where does “ORF” come from?

ORF (English) comes from German orf, from Old High German orvo, from Latin orphus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφώς — dusky grouper.

ORF (English): Initialism of open reading frame

Definitions

  1. Initialism of open reading frame

Ancestry of “ORF”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanorf—
2Old High Germanorvo—
3Latinorphusgilthead
4Ancient Greekὀρφώςdusky grouper

Words derived from “ORF”

Every word from Ancient Greek ὀρφώς →
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