OCULUM → ojo · œil · occhio
Spoken Latin squeezed OCULUM to oclu; then each sister softened the cl its own way: Spanish pushed it to the back of the throat, French dissolved it into a glide, Italian doubled the k and kept a y, Portuguese and Catalan stopped at the palatal l (olho, ull), and Romanian kept only a softened k (ochi).
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OCULUM
‘eye’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Spoken Latin squeezed OCULUM to oclu; then each sister softened the cl its own way: Spanish pushed it to the back of the throat, French dissolved it into a glide, Italian doubled the k and kept a y, Portuguese and Catalan stopped at the palatal l (olho, ull), and Romanian kept only a softened k (ochi).
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.