Orcus
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- OrcusOrcus (god of the underworld)
- the underworld
- death
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂erk-
Gloss
guard, protect, hold, shut in
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
💂 💂♀️ 💂♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coerce English
- coercion English
- ogre English
- arca Latin
- arcanus Latin
- arcera Latin
- arcānus Latin
- arx Latin
- coerceo Latin
- exerceo Latin
- exercitium Latin
- exercitāre Latin
- exercitātiōnem Latin
- porceo Latin
- Orco Italian
- orchessa Italian
- orco Italian
- ogre French
- ogresse French
- ἀρκέω Ancient Greek
- Ὄρκος Ancient Greek
- *h₂erk- Proto-Indo-European
- ogro Portuguese
- ogr Polish
- ارگ Persian
- *arkeō Proto-Italic
- *pe-arkō, *pearkō Proto-Italic
- ork Mòcheno