Where does “orelvakso” come from?
orelvakso (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto orelo, from French oreille, from Middle French oreille, from Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.
orelvakso (Esperanto): earwax
Definitions
- earwax
Ancestry of “orelvakso”, step by step
orelvakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto orelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | orelo | ear |
| 2 | French | oreille | ear |
| 3 | Middle French | oreille | ear |
| 4 | Old French | oreille | ear |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | oricla | Alternative form of auricula |
| 6 | Latin | auricula | The external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear... |
| 7 | Latin | auris | ear; dative/ablative plural of aura |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *auzis | ear |