Where does “orço” come from?

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

orço (Portuguese): first-person singular present indicative of orçar

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of orçar

Ancestry of “orço”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὅρκος →Every word from Latin orcus →