Orge
/ɔːdʒ/noun
An obsolete English word for barley.
Did you know?Orge entered English through Old French from Latin hordeum, the source of the scientific barley genus Hordeum; the apparent connection to English horde is unrelated.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵʰórdʰom
“A reconstructed word associated with barley or a grain”
Classical Latin
Latin
hordeum
“Barley”
Old French
Old French
orge
“Barley”
Middle English
Middle English
orge
“Barley”
Modern English
English
orge
“An obsolete or dialectal term for barley”
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