Where does “hordeolum” come from?

hordeolum (English) comes from Latin hordeolus, from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

hordeolum (English): stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of...

Definitions

  1. stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of...

Ancestry of “hordeolum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeolusa stye in the eye
2Latinhordeumbarley
3Proto-Italichorzdeom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →