Where does “ordeolum” come from?

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

ordeolum (Romanian): a stye in the eye

Definitions

  1. a stye in the eye

Ancestry of “ordeolum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeolusa stye in the eye
2Latinhordeumbarley
3Proto-Italichorzdeom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →
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