hore
Middle English
/ˈhoːr(ə)/, /ˈhɔːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A whore female prostitute
- A whore lascivious or adulterous woman
- (rare) A people who are morally transgressive.
- (rare) A insult used towards women.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hōre (whore) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ (adultress, whore).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hōrǭ
Gloss
adultress, whore
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asswhore English
- bewhore English
- bitchwhore English
- camwhore English
- cumwhore English
- cuntwhore English
- cyberwhore English
- he-whore English
- horry English
- manwhore English
- pisswhore English
- postwhore English
- slutwhore English
- spoilerwhore English
- trendwhore English
- whore English
- whore out English
- whore's paint English
- whoredom English
- whorefucker English
- whorehound English
- whorehouse English
- whoreish English
- whoreless English
- whorelike English
- whoreling English
- whorely English
- whoreman English
- whoremaster English
- whoremistress English
- whoremonger English
- whorephobia English
- whorephobic English
- whoreshit English
- whoresome English
- whoreson English
- whorey English
- whorification English
- whorish English
- Hure German
- hoer Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ro-, *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *hōrǭ Proto-Germanic
- horcwene Old English
- hore Old English
- horiġ Old English
- hōre Old English
- ġehorwian Old English
- hoore Middle English
- hordom Middle English
- horesone Middle English
- horlynge Middle English
- hory Middle English
- horyen Middle English
- sone Middle English
- hóra Old Norse
- hórdómr Old Norse
- hoere Middle Dutch
- huora Old High German
- hoer Afrikaans
- siùrsach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- huore Middle High German
- Houer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- הור Yiddish
- hoor Estonian
- *huora Old Dutch
- hôre Middle Low German
- *hōra Old Saxon
- hōra Old Swedish
- Hoor Low German