oker

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr ("usury"), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz ("progeny, earnings, profit"), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- ("to add, increase"). Cognate with Scots ocker ("usury"), Icelandic ókur ("usury"), Swedish ocker ("usury"), German Wucher ("usury"), Dutch woeker ("usury"), Old English wōcor ("increase, growth, fruit, usury"), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 ("interest, usury, tax"), Latin augere ("to increase"). More at eke, wax.

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