Where does “oral” come from?

Oral comes from Late Latin oralis, formed with the Latin suffix -alis from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os, meaning mouth.

oral (English): Relating to the mouth; Spoken rather than...

Definitions

  1. Relating to the mouth; Spoken rather than...

Ancestry of “oral”, step by step

oral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ōrālis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōrālisoral
2Latinōsmouth
3Proto-Italicōsmouth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

via Kazakh Орал

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhОрал—

Words derived from “oral”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →