Etymograph

English

hordeolum

Hordeolum comes from Latin hordeolus ‘a stye in the eye’, from hordeum ‘barley’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom ‘bristly’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰr̥sdeyom‘bristly’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*horzdeomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhordeum‘barley’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhordeolus‘a stye in the eye’
  5. Englishtodayhordeolum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰr̥sdeyom‘bristly’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*horzdeomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhordeum‘barley’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhordeolus‘a stye in the eye’
  5. Englishtodayhordeolum

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom

Today it means

noun stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom / hordeolum

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