English Explanatory Dictionary

oker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Interest on money; usury; increase.
verb
  1. To increase (in price); add to.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of ochre.
noun
  1. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”).
adj
  1. comparative form of OK: more OK

Word forms

oker okers ocker occur ockar okir okkir okering okered

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.

Derived words

okerer okering
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