otoconium

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromοὖς, ὠτ-“ot-; ear”
2. French · derived fromotoconie
3. English todayotoconium

A Latinised adaptation (taking the form of a Latin second-declension neuter noun in the nominative case, as if from a Latin *ōtoconium) of the French otoconie (whence otocony, otokony), itself formed from the Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ot-; ear”) + κονία (konía, “dust”).

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