Where does “ogre” come from?

ogre (French) comes from Latin orcus, from Ancient Greek ὅρκος, from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- — to emend, make good, recompense.

ogre (French): ogre

Definitions

  1. ogre

Ancestry of “ogre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorcusunderworld; afterlife
2Ancient Greekὅρκοςthe object by which one swears, the witness of an...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserḱ-to emend, make good, recompense

Words derived from “ogre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρκος →Every word from Latin orcus →