Horde
/hɔːrd/noun
A large, moving crowd or mass of people or animals.
Did you know?English got horde through French from Turkic and Mongolic words for a nomadic encampment or tribe, and the same historical source is tied to the famous “Golden Horde.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic / Mongolic
PT/Mong
ordu
“camp, army, or royal encampment”
Medieval Turkic
Turkic
ordu
“camp, host, army”
13th Century
Polish
horda
“a nomadic camp or tribe”
16th Century
French
horde
“a band, troop, or tribe”
16th Century
English
horde
“a large wandering band or crowd”