Etymograph

English

fourgie

Blend of four + orgy.

A blend of four + orgy

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’

Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’

Old English fēower ‘four’

Middle English four

English four

Ancient Greek ὄργια ‘secret rites, mysteries’

Latin orgia ‘any secret frantic revels, orgies’

French orgies

English orgy

Today it means

noun An act of group sex between four people; a foursome.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fourgie