Etymology

orach

or·ach
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Today it means: especially Atriplex hortensis Full definition →

Middle English arage ← Anglo-Norman arace ← Old French arepe
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀτράφαξυς
  2. Latin · derived fromatriplex
  3. Old French · derived fromarepe
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromarace
  5. Middle English · inherited fromarage
  6. English todayorach

From Middle English arage, from Anglo-Norman arace, arache; apparently an irregular derivation from Old French arepe, from classical Latin atriplex, from Ancient Greek ἀτράφαξυς (atráphaxus), of unknown origin (probably loaned).

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