hordeolus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of hordeum (“barley”).

Noun

hordeolus

a stye in the eye

Descendants

Aromanian: ulcior
Catalan: urçol
French: orgelet
Galician: orizó, orzón
Italian: orzaiolo
Old French: orgeoul
Portuguese: hordéolo
Romanian: urcior
Spanish: orzuelo
Venetian: orxoło

References

hordeolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hordeolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
hordeolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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