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- Ancient Greek · derived fromὅρκος“oath”
- English todayorcos
From Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὅρκος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Use of an oath to enhance the believability of a statement. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”).
Ancient Greekὅρκος all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.