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    Posted: 10-Oct-2005 at 15:52
Can the possible route of the word orcs,you all know what they are,to origin from Orcus?
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My dictionary says its from the Latin Orca which in turn comes from the Greek orux

Btw, the Orc of LotR fame is a more recent invention, more something out of Tolkien's imagination, and just happened to use that word.
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Thanks.
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