Editing Stye (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''stye''  (first recorded in the 17th century) is probably a [[back-formation]] from ''styany'' (first recorded in the 15th century),<ref>sty, n.4: {{OED|sty}}</ref> which in turn comes from ''styan'' plus ''eye'',<ref>{{OED|styan}}</ref> the former of which in turn comes from the old English ''stīġend'', meaning "riser", from the verb ''stīgan'', "to rise". The older form ''styan'' is still used in Ulster Scots today.

The homonym ''sty'' found in the combination ''pigsty'' has a slightly different origin, namely it comes from the Old English ''stiġ-fearh''—''fearh'' (farrow) is the Old English word for "piglet"—where ''stiġ'' meant "hall" (cf. ''steward''), possibly an early Old Norse loanword, which could be cognate with the word ''stīgan'' above.<ref>sty, n.3: {{OED|sty}}</ref>

The synonymous late Latin expression is ''hordeolum'', a modulation of the word ''hordeolus'', which is related to ''hordeum'' ("barley"), after its resemblance to a [[barley|barleycorn]]. In Czech, a sty is called ''ječné zrno'' (from ''ječmen'' "barley" and ''zrno'' "seed or grain"); in German, it is called ''Gerstenkorn'' (barleycorn). In Hebrew it is called שעורה Seh-oh-Ráh ("barley"). In Polish it is called ''jęczmień'' ("barley"). In Hungarian it is called ''árpa'' ("barley"). In Turkish it is called ''arpacık'' (small barley, barleylet)