orcin

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
3. Proto-Italic*ausis
4. Latinauris
5. Latinauricula
6. Latinōricula
7. Italianoricello
8. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
9. Old Catalanorxella
10. Old Frenchorchel
11. Frenchorseille
12. Dutchorseille
13. New Latinorcina
14. Frenchorcine
15. English todayorcin

From French orcine, from New Latin orcina, from Dutch orseille, from French orseille, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear.

Words from the same roots