orzaiolo
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin hordeolus, diminutive of Latin hordeum (“barley”). It may have possibly come from another root *hordeariolum < hordeārium, or was influenced phonetically by a hypothetical *orzaio in Italian.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
orzaiolo m (plural orzaioli)
- stye (in the eye)
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “orzaiuolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati