Where does “oreille” come from?

oreille (French) comes from Middle French oreille, from Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

oreille (French): ear

Definitions

  1. ear

Ancestry of “oreille”, step by step

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

Words derived from “oreille

Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis