English
ocular
Ocular comes from Latin oculāris ‘of the eye’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculāris‘of the eye’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604ocular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculāris‘of the eye’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604ocular
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
eye, anthropology, optics, ogle, synoptic, awk, anthropoid, 38 more
through Latin oculus ‘eye’
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los / ocular