English
oculus
Oculus comes from Latin oculus ‘eye’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Englishtodaysame form
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
noun The central boss of a volute.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los / oculus