sourcil
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French sourcil, from Old French sourcil, sorcil, inherited from Latin supercilium. "sour-" is an older form of sur (over, above) while "cil" means "eyelash" in French. Thus, "sourcil" literally means "above eyelash."
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sourcil m (plural sourcils)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sourcil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French sourcil.
Noun
[edit]sourcil m (plural sourcils)
Descendants
[edit]- French: sourcil
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin supercilium.
Noun
[edit]sourcil oblique singular, m (oblique plural sourciz or sourcilz, nominative singular sourciz or sourcilz, nominative plural sourcil)
Descendants
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