Where does “auricula” come from?

auricula (Latin) comes from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

auricula (Latin): The external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...

Definitions

  1. The external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...

Ancestry of “auricula”, step by step

auricula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin auris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
2Proto-Italic*auzisear

via Proto-Indo-European h₂ṓws

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ṓwsear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be...

Words derived from “auricula”

Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis →