Where does “organ” come from?

organ (Romanian) comes from Byzantine Greek ὄργανος, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

organ (Romanian): organ part of organism

Definitions

  1. organ part of organism

Ancestry of “organ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekὄργανος—
2Ancient Greekὄργανονinstrument, implement, tool; sense organ; musical...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

Words derived from “organ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄργανον →Every word from Byzantine Greek ὄργανος →