Orme
/ɔːm/noun
An obsolete English word for an elm tree.
Did you know?Orme survives in English mainly through place-names and surnames, while its French relative orme remains the ordinary modern word for “elm.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*elmos
“Elm tree”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ὀλμύς (olmús)
“Elm”
Classical Latin
Latin
ulmus
“Elm tree”
Old French
Old French
orme
“Elm”
Middle English
English
orme
“Elm tree”
Modern English
English
orme
“An obsolete term for an elm”