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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρχις →Every word from Latin orchis →