Where does ochone come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

ochone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"What to do with a boy like young Paddy Maloy / Is a problem to puzzle a sage; / I’m thinking, ochone! we must leave him alone, / For it’s too late to change at his age."
"Ochone, the days that are over!"

Inherited from Middle English oghane, from Scottish Gaelic ochóin and Irish ochón. Cognate with Scots ochone.

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