Where does “Orchis” come from?

Orchis (Translingual) comes from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

Orchis (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Orchis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
2Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle

Words derived from “Orchis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρχις →Every word from Latin orchis →