English
amurca
Amurca comes from Latin amurca ‘amurca: the watery part that flows out in…’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀμόργη.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμόργη‘watery part which runs out when olives are pressed, amurca’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamurca‘amurca: the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμόργη‘watery part which runs out when olives are pressed, amurca’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamurca‘amurca: the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀμόργη
Today it means
noun The sediment in olive oil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀμόργη / amurca