orchil – English noun declension

English noun forms of orchil

Noun: orchil
Singularorchil
Pluralorchils

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English orchell, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear. See: Middle English Nouns 'orchell', Italian Nouns 'oricello', Latin Nouns 'ōricilla'.

Verbs referencing "orchil"

Galician Nouns ouricela.