Buccal
/ˈbʌk.əl/noun
Relating to the cheek or the inside of the mouth.
Did you know?English buccal ultimately comes from Latin bucca, meaning “cheek,” a word that also gave us the surprisingly unrelated-sounding French bouche (“mouth”).
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
bucca
“cheek; mouth”
Late Latin
Latin
buccālis
“of the cheek”
Middle French
French
buccal
“of the cheek”
18th Century
English
buccal
“relating to the cheek or mouth”
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