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auricula
Auricula comes from Latin auricula ‘external ear’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to enjoy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ṓws‘ear’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzis‘ear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauris‘ear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauricula‘external ear’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to enjoy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ṓws‘ear’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzis‘ear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauris‘ear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauricula‘external ear’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919same form
Earliest quotation: 1919, Michael Wood, The White Island: “Réné came on quietly, his trowel in one hand,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to enjoy’
love, audience, egg, aviation, oval, obey, audit, avid, anesthesia, ey, ovation, audible, avian, aviator, acoustics, auspicious, aviary, acoustical, ocarina, avarice, 63 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws ‘ear’
ear, acoustic, otolaryngology, 40 more
through Latin auris ‘ear’
Today it means
noun The external part of the ear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- / auricula