orphanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Found in Late Latin. From Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”). Compare orbus.
Descendants
References
- orphanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orphanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- orphanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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