The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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ENTRY: | orbh- |
DEFINITION: | To change allegiance or status. Oldest form *3erbh-, colored *3orbh-. Suffixed form *orbh-o-, bereft of father, also deprived of free status. a. orphan, from Greek orphanos, orphaned; b. robot, from Czech robota, compulsory labor, drudgery, from Old Church Slavonic rabota, servitude, from rab, slave, from Old Slavic *orb; c. Gastarbeiter, from Old High German arabeit(i), labor, from Germanic *arb-aithi- (source of suffix uncertain). (Pokorny orbho- 781.) |
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