Where does “ormier” come from?

ormier (French) comes from French oreille-de-mer, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

Ancestry of “ormier”, step by step

ormier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French oreille-de-mer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoreille-de-mer—
2Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
3Proto-Italic*auzisear

via Late Latin auris maris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinauris marisear of the sea
Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis →Every word from Latin auris →Every word from French oreille-de-mer →