Etymology

oculus

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Today it means: The central boss of a volute. Full definition →

Latin oculus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromoculus“eye”
  2. English todayoculus

Learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio.

Words from the same roots

Latinoculus all →

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