Where does “ourlet” come from?

ourlet (French) comes from French ourler, from Vulgar Latin orulare, from Latin ōrula, from Latin ōra, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

ourlet (French): hem; rim, helix

Definitions

  1. hem; rim, helix

Ancestry of “ourlet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchourlerto hem
2Vulgar Latinorularepresent active infinitive of *ōrulō
3Latinōrula—
4Latinōraborder, rim, frontier, limit, edge
5Latinōsmouth
6Proto-Italicōsmouth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →