Where does “oreille” come from?
oreille (Middle French) comes from Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis.
oreille (Middle French): ear
Ancestry of “oreille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | oreille | ear |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | oricla | Alternative form of auricula |
| 3 | Latin | auricula | The external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear... |
| 4 | Latin | auris | ear; dative/ablative plural of aura |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *auzis | — |
Words derived from “oreille”