English word hour comes from Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ, and later Latin hora (Hour. O'clock. Season; time of year. Time.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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ὥρᾱ | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
hora | Latin (lat) | Hour. O'clock. Season; time of year. Time. |
ὥρα | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
houre | Old French (fro) | Hour (unit of time). Time; moment to do something. |
houre | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
houre | Middle English (enm) | |
hour | English (en) | (chiefly, _, US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour.. (military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.. (poetic) The time.. A season, moment, time or stound.. A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. |