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Where does “ort” come from?

Ort comes from Old English orǣt, of unknown origin and meaning.

ort (English): A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any...

Definitions

  1. A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any...

Ancestry of “ort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishorte—
2Old English*oreta—
3Proto-West Germanic*uʀātō—
4Proto-Germanic*uzētô—

Words derived from “ort”

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