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oker

noun

Etymology

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 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.

  1. derived from *h₂weg-✻
  2. derived from *wōkraz✻
  3. derived from ókr
  4. inherited from oker

Definitions

  1. Interest on money

    Interest on money; usury; increase.

  2. To increase (in price)

    To increase (in price); add to.

  3. Obsolete form of ochre.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”).

    2. comparative form of OK

      comparative form of OK: more OK

The neighborhood

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