Where does “oreillard” come from?

oreillard (French) comes 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.

oreillard (French): eared; long-eared bat

Definitions

  1. eared; long-eared bat

Ancestry of “oreillard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoreilleear
2Middle Frenchoreilleear
3Old Frenchoreilleear
4Vulgar LatinoriclaAlternative form of auricula
5LatinauriculaThe external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...
6Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
7Proto-Italic*auzisear
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