Where does “[[houre]], [[oure]]” come from?

[[houre]], [[oure]] (Middle English) comes from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “[[houre]], [[oure]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhourehour; time; moment to do something
2Latinhōrahour
3Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
4Proto-Hellenic*worā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “[[houre]], [[oure]]”

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