The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄργανον“organ, instrument, tool”
- Latin · derived fromorganum“organ, instrument, tool”
- French · derived fromorgue
- English todayorgue
From French orgue, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and organum.
Words from the same roots
Latinorganum all →
organorganizeorganum
Ancient Greekὄργανον all →
organorganismorganonorganum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.