Wordie: Ocellated: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:04:25 +0000

There's a thought. :-)

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:29:47 +0000

Maybe Latin is descended from Nahuatl.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:16:45 +0000

Signed, No Problem. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:40:22 +0000

Signed, So Lazy I Didn't Even Read Your First Post Properly.

Sorry...

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:13:22 +0000

"Similar" as in having the same basic definition? Because I haven't found anything linking the two. "Ocellus" is a diminutive of the Latin for eye, "oculus."

Signed, Too Lazy to Look Too But Since You Made Me Wonder, I Looked

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:02:26 +0000

I bet ocelot comes from a similar root though. Signed, Too Lazy to Look.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:31:58 +0000

I thought that too. But apparently the words are not related. Ocelot comes from (prepare yourself) tlālōcélōtl, which was apparently an arbitrary shortening of the Nahuatl (Aztec) word made from tlāl(li) (earth, land) + ōcélōtl (jaguar). Ocellated comes from Latin ocellātus, which means "having little eyes."

Who knew?

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:49:11 +0000

Like the ocelot?

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:39:17 +0000

Having ocelli--eyelike spots.

Marshmallow peeps spring to mind.