The story
- Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
- Latinrēsīna
- Old Frenchrésine
- Middle Englishresyn
- Englishresin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Italic*ausis
- Latinauris
- Latinauricula
- Latinōricula
- Italianoricello
- Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
- Old Catalanorxella
- Old Frenchorchel
- Frenchorseille
- Dutchorseille
- New Latinorcina
- Frenchorcine
- Englishorcin
- English todayresorcin
Blend of resin + orcin, so called because in its higher homologue it resembles orcin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.