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Where does “orkido” come from?

orkido (Esperanto) comes from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

orkido (Esperanto): orchid; testicle

Definitions

  1. orchid; testicle

Ancestry of “orkido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
2Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle

Words derived from “orkido”

  • orkidektomia
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