ure

ure · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromopera“work, labor”
2. Old French · derived fromuevre
3. Anglo-Norman · derived from*ure
4. Middle English · inherited fromure
5. English todayure

From Middle English ure, from Anglo-Norman *ure, Old French uevre (modern French œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of oeuvre, opera, and opus.

ure · noun²

1. Latin · borrowed fromūrus
2. Middle French · borrowed fromure
3. English todayure

From Middle French ure or its etymon Latin ūrus. Doublet of urus.

Ure · proper noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*isərós“vigorous, quick”
2. Old English · inherited fromEarp
3. Middle English · inherited fromYore
4. English todayUre

From Middle English Yore, Jor, from Old English Earp, corrupted from *Ear + ƿ (abbreviation for ƿæter (“water”)); first element from Brythonic *Isurā with loss of intervocalic s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *isərós (“vigorous, quick”), from *eis(ə, related to Sanskrit इषिरम् (iṣiram, “fast, quick”). Compare the Gaulish river Isara.

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