Where does “orte” come from?
orte (Middle English) comes from Old English *oreta, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀātō, from Proto-Germanic *uzētô.
Ancestry of “orte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | *oreta | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *uʀātō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *uzētô | — |