Etymology

orbus (feminine orba, neuter orbum); From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”), from *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphaned”) & Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha, “small”). Adjective: first/second-declension adjective (with genitive, ablative or ab) bereaved, bereft, deprived (of) by death, orphaned, parentless; fatherless, childless, widowed.

Civilian Advancement and Terminology

Murmurings, aspirations, stage whispers, groaning and grumblings, meditations, laissez-faire, in whole or in parts, will be galvanized into an amalgam, by any means necessary, for two days from within and including the week beginning with Daylight Savings Time changes, World Wildlife Week, Lent, Saint Patrick's Day through to and including Spring Equinox.