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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὈρφεύς
- English todayOrpheus
From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.