The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄργανον“organ, instrument, tool”
- Latin · borrowed fromorganum
- English todayorganum
Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and orgue.
Words from the same roots
Latinorganum all →
organorganizeorgue
Ancient Greekὄργανον all →
organorganismorganonorgue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.