oriel

The story

1. Latin · derived fromaureolus“gilded”
2. Late Latin · derived fromoriolum“portico, hall”
3. Old French · derived fromoriol“gallery, corridor”
4. Middle English · inherited fromoriel
5. English todayoriel

From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”).

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