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English word hour comes from Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ, and later Latin hora (Hour. O'clock. Season; time of year. Time.)

ὥρᾱ (Ancient Greek)

hora (Latin)

Hour. O'clock. Season; time of year. Time.

ὥρα (Ancient Greek)

houre (Old French)

Hour (unit of time). Time; moment to do something.

houre (Anglo-Norman)

houre (Middle English)

hour (English)

(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.

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