Where does “oreille” come from?

oreille (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.

oreille (Old French): ear

Definitions

  1. ear

Ancestry of “oreille”, step by step

oreille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin oricla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinoriclaAlternative form of auricula
2LatinauriculaThe external part of the ear; ear-lap; The ear...
3Latinaurisear; dative/ablative plural of aura
4Proto-Italic*auzisear

via Latin oricula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinoriculaAlternative spelling of auricula

Words derived from “oreille”

Every word from Proto-Italic *auzis →Every word from Latin auris →Every word from Latin auricula →