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Where does “ogham” come from?
ogham (Irish) comes from Old Irish ogum, from Yoruba Ògún.
ogham
(Irish): Ogham script
Definitions
Ogham script
Ancestry of “ogham”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
ogum
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2
Yoruba
Ògún
—
Words derived from “ogham”
Ogham
ogham
ogam
ogamic
oghamic
Ogam
Oghamist
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