Where does “hordeolus” come from?

hordeolus (Latin) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

hordeolus (Latin): a stye in the eye

Definitions

  1. a stye in the eye

Ancestry of “hordeolus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly

Words derived from “hordeolus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →