Where does “auricular” come from?
auricular (Romanian) comes from French auriculaire, from Latin auricularis, from Latin auricula, from Latin auris, from Proto-Italic *auzis — ear.
auricular (Romanian): auricular
Definitions
- auricular
Ancestry of “auricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | auriculaire | little finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand), auricular |
| 2 | Latin | auricularis | of or pertaining to the ear; auricular;... |
| 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 | ear |