orgie

Danish

/ɔrɡiə/

noun

Definitions

orgy

Etymology

Derived from Latin orgia (orgy) derived from Ancient Greek ὄργια (mysteries, secret rites).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ὄργια

Gloss

mysteries, secret rites

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

orgia Latin
Orgie German
orgia Italian
orgie French
orgies French
оргия Russian
orgía Spanish, Castilian
ὄργια Ancient Greek
*werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
orgia Portuguese
orgija Serbo-Croatian
оргија Serbo-Croatian
urgie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
оргия Bulgarian
orgija Slovene
orgija Lithuanian