English
ossicle
Ossicle comes from Latin ossiculum ‘little bone, ossicle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ésth₁‘bone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEos‘bone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEossiculum‘little bone, ossicle’
- Englishtodayossicle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ésth₁‘bone’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEos‘bone’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEossiculum‘little bone, ossicle’
- Englishtodayossicle
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‘bone’
through Latin os ‘bone’
Today it means
noun A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ / ossicle