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bilby commented on the word origen
A Middle English form of the word oryx.
August 5, 2021
ry commented on the word origen
wow. Is it cognate somehow with Origen?
August 5, 2021
bilby commented on the word origen
From etymonline:
"late 14c., orix, also in Middle English origen, from Latin oryx, from Greek oryx (genitive orygos), an old name of some sort of Libyan and Egyptian antelope with pointed horns, perhaps originally the gazelle; 'the digging animal', literally 'pick-axe', but according to Beekes this is probably a folk-etymologizing of a borrowed word Used in Greek and Latin bibles to render Hebrew tho, which early English Bibles misidentified as everything from a small hibernating animal or dormouse to a kind of bird like a guinea hen to a wild bull. Now applied to a specific genus of large antelopes of North Africa and Arabia.
Thou shalt eate no abhominacion. These are the beestes which ye shal eate: Oxen, shepe, Goates, Hert, Roo, Bugle, wylde goate, Unicorne, Origen, and Camelion. Coverdale translation of the Bible, Deuteronomy xiv.5, 1535"
August 5, 2021
bilby commented on the word origen
Would you prefer fries or salad with your unicorn?
August 5, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word origen
Thank you, ry--I had the same question.
August 10, 2021