ore
English
/ɔɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/
noun
Definitions
- Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English or inherited from Old English ōra (ore, unwrought metal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiz (copper, bronze, ore) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*áyos, h₂éyos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- body English
- field English
- forming English
- house English
- or English
- orebody English
- orefield English
- oreforming English
- orehouse English
- oreless English
- oreshoot English
- shoot English
- aeramen Latin
- aeramentum Latin
- aerarium Latin
- aerugo Latin
- aerāmen Latin
- aerāmen, aerāminis Latin
- aes Latin
- aestimo Latin
- nitroaereus Latin
- obaeratus Latin
- ehern German
- bronzo Italian
- rogna Italian
- oer Dutch, Flemish
- oervloed Dutch, Flemish
- roña Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos Proto-Indo-European
- *áyos, h₂éyos Proto-Indo-European
- *aiz Proto-Germanic
- eir Norwegian Nynorsk
- eirgrøn Norwegian Nynorsk
- āþor Old English
- ōra Old English
- अयस् Sanskrit
- अयस्कार Sanskrit
- or Middle English
- eir Old Norse
- eir Icelandic
- अयस् Hindi
- آهن Persian
- آهنگر Persian
- ēr Old High German
- Eir Faroese
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- *aos Proto-Italic
- roña Asturian
- *Háyas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- asin Northern Kurdish
- hesin Northern Kurdish
- Uur Low German
- *Háyah Proto-Iranian
- eer Old Danish
- 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 Avestan
- āhan inc-kho
- اهین Brahui