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Where does “hordéolo” come from?

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

hordéolo (Portuguese): stye

Definitions

  1. stye

Ancestry of “hordéolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeolusa stye in the eye
2Latinhordeumbarley
3Proto-Italichorzdeom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
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