Word Origin Summary

Ocellus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• ocellation

  English · borrowed from

• ocelloccipital

  English · derived from

• ocelo

  Portuguese · derived from

• ocelle

  French · derived from

• ocelo

  Spanish · derived from

• ocel

  Romanian · derived from

• ocellus

  English · borrowed from

• ocello

  Italian · derived from

What You Can Explore

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