Where does “ork” come from?

ork (Mòcheno) comes from Italian Orco, from Latin orcus, from Ancient Greek ὅρκος, from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- — to emend, make good, recompense.

ork (Mòcheno): ogre

Definitions

  1. ogre

Ancestry of “ork”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianOrcoOrcus
2Latinorcusunderworld; afterlife
3Ancient Greekὅρκοςthe object by which one swears, the witness of an...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserḱ-to emend, make good, recompense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρκος →Every word from Latin orcus →