Etymology

orgol

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Japanese オルゴール ← Korean 오르골 ← Dutch orgel
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromorgel
  2. Korean · borrowed from오르골
  3. Japanese · borrowed fromオルゴール
  4. English todayorgol

Borrowed from Japanese オルゴール (orugōru) or from Korean 오르골 (oreugol), both ultimately derived from Dutch orgel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.