Auris
/ˈaʊ̯.ris/noun
Latin for "ear," especially the external ear.
Did you know?Auris is the Latin word for ear, and it ultimately comes from the same ancient Indo-European root that gave English ear, making hearing one of the oldest encoded ideas in the language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ews-
“to hear, to perceive by ear”
Proto-Italic
PI
*ausis
“ear”
Old Latin
Latin
auris
“ear”
Classical Latin
Latin
auris
“ear; the external organ of hearing”
Modern English
English
aural
“relating to the ear or hearing”
Modern English
English
auricle
“the external ear; also a chamber of the heart”