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I actually read one complete reference of many that specifically said ‘Orc’ derived from some other non-English, or non-modern English word like ‘Orciag’ in reference to what the Mongols were called in the 13th century, including the complete etymology.

But, it seems in this day and age with proper pronouns, calls of racism at every turn, and other woke word fetishes, the page has been scrubbed.

Or, the guy who pulled that fact out of his butt got called on it and pulled the page out of embarrassment. If, of course, it existed at all and you didn't pull it out of your butt.

The only way to learn about this term in association with Mongols is to visit a big university library that has not been purged as well. Other stuff like this which was easily available on the web is also likely purged as the woke snowflakes rewrite history and the dictionary to their satisfaction by removing everything they consider ‘offensive’.

Weird how many other old texts with content that can be seen as racist today can be found, but this obscure etymology has been systematically purged.