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<blockquote data-quote="Friadoc" data-source="post: 3342868" data-attributes="member: 5445"><p>My bet is that all the roots are right, in that the word developed in multiple places meaning roughly the same thing and, thusly, the confusion.</p><p></p><p>Ain't language grand? *chuckles*</p><p></p><p>Seriously, though, many of the various, yet similar, sources all stem from the rough time period, sans the obvious exception of the Latin root of one or two of them.</p><p></p><p>Since languages are living things, shown abundantly in our time (I mean, people do so "Did you google it?"), it's quite possible that the similar words sprung up independently of one and other with a possible, long forgotten, link to the Latin root of Orcus.</p><p></p><p>In other words, although the people who first used the word did not realize they were using a bastard child of a Latin root, the modern connection has been drawn to show it.</p><p></p><p>So, not only was Ugri, Ungri, and Ongri the root for Ogre, meaning Hungarian or Magyars, but it is supposed as a descendant of the Latin root of Orcus, thusly both answers are right.</p><p></p><p>I mean, honestly, how many of us kids in the 80s do you think knew that when we said "Psych" to someone while playing a prank we were referring to our ability to use applied psychology in a social situation for abject humor. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Friadoc, post: 3342868, member: 5445"] My bet is that all the roots are right, in that the word developed in multiple places meaning roughly the same thing and, thusly, the confusion. Ain't language grand? *chuckles* Seriously, though, many of the various, yet similar, sources all stem from the rough time period, sans the obvious exception of the Latin root of one or two of them. Since languages are living things, shown abundantly in our time (I mean, people do so "Did you google it?"), it's quite possible that the similar words sprung up independently of one and other with a possible, long forgotten, link to the Latin root of Orcus. In other words, although the people who first used the word did not realize they were using a bastard child of a Latin root, the modern connection has been drawn to show it. So, not only was Ugri, Ungri, and Ongri the root for Ogre, meaning Hungarian or Magyars, but it is supposed as a descendant of the Latin root of Orcus, thusly both answers are right. I mean, honestly, how many of us kids in the 80s do you think knew that when we said "Psych" to someone while playing a prank we were referring to our ability to use applied psychology in a social situation for abject humor. ;) [/QUOTE]
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