- orifice
[orifice 词源字典]
- orifice: see oral
[orifice etymology, orifice origin, 英语词源] - orifice (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French orifice "the opening of a wound" (14c.) and directly from Latin orificium "an opening," literally "mouth-making," from os (genitive oris) "mouth" (see oral) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Orificial.