Oce

Morpheme

Oce

Type

bound base

Denotation

eye, see

Etymology

(1) Latin oculus and (2) Latin -ōcis, from -ōx, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *okw-

Evidence

antennocular, binocle, binoculars, circumocular, dextrocular, ferocient, ferocious, ferociously, ferociousness, ferocity, inoculant, inoculate, inoculation, inoculum, intraocular, monocle, monocular, nasocular, nonocular, ocular, oculi, oculist, oculodynia, oculus, sinistrocular, superferocious, superferocity, unferocious

Notes

oculus with confirmed Latin -ulus diminutive suffix

Alternative Base Analysis

oculus and occhio are doublets

See Also

Ox, Ope, Ops, Opt, Eye, Auge, Occh, Occhiole