Etymograph

English

oscular

Oscular comes from Latin ōsculum ‘a little mouth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óh₃s‘mouth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōsculum‘a little mouth’
  5. Englishtodayoscular

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óh₃s‘mouth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōsculum‘a little mouth’
  5. Englishtodayoscular

Formed from ōsculum + -ar

Linked words

through Latin ōs ‘mouth’

oral, os, regatta, 17 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the mouth.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s / oscular

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