Where does “ocelo” come from?

ocelo (Portuguese) comes from Latin ocellus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ocelo (Portuguese): eye mark on an animal resembling an eye

Definitions

  1. eye mark on an animal resembling an eye

Ancestry of “ocelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinocelluslittle eye; darling
2LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
3Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
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