The story
- Latin · borrowed fromocellus“little eye”
- English todayocellation
From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”) + -ation.
Words from the same roots
Latinocellus all →
ocelloccipitalocellus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ocellation
Today it means: The development of eye-like markings, such as those on the wing of a butterfly or tail of a peacock. Full definition →
Latin ocellus