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Where does “orzuelo” come from?

orzuelo (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish orçuelo, from Latin hordeolus, from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

orzuelo (Spanish): stye

Definitions

  1. stye

Ancestry of “orzuelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishorçuelo—
2Latinhordeolusa stye in the eye
3Latinhordeumbarley
4Proto-Italichorzdeom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
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