terçol

Meaning

stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

Concepts

sty

stye

hordeolum

eyesore

eye infection

Synonyms

hordéolo

Translations

orgelet

orzuelo

orzaiolo

Gerstenkorn

mussol

strontje

arpacık

compère loriot

κριθαράκι

infección ocular

stijg

Hordeolum

urçol

compère-loriot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/teʁˈsɔw/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: tertius

Cognate with Spanish: orzuelo

Cognate with Italian: orzaiolo

Cognate with Catalan: urçol

Cognate with Romanian: urcior

Cognate with Galician: tirizó

In summary

Uncertain. Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *tertiolus, from Latin tertius. It may have been confused with a different word, hordeolus, which was the source of its Romance language equivalents, such as Spanish orzuelo, Italian orzaiolo, Catalan urçol, Romanian urcior. Compare also Galician tirizó.