English
ossiculum
Ossiculum comes from Latin ossiculum ‘little bone’, 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’
- Englishtodaysame form
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’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‘bone’
through Latin os ‘bone’
Today it means
noun An ossicle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ / ossiculum