organ

organ
organ (n.) O.E. organe, and O.Fr. orgene (12c.), both meaning "musical instrument," both from L. organa, plural of organum, from Gk. organon "implement, musical instrument, organ of the body," lit. "that with which one works," from PIE *werg-ano-, from root *werg- "to do," related to Gk. ergon "work" and O.E. weorc (see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)).
Applied vaguely in late Old English to musical instruments; sense narrowed by late 14c. to the musical instrument now known by that name (involving pipes supplied with wind by a bellows and worked by means of keys), though Augustine (c.400) knew this as a specific sense of L. organa. The meaning "body part adapted to a certain function" is attested from late 14c. ORGANIST (Cf. Organist) is first recorded 1590s; organ-grinder is attested from 1806.

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