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Where does “ἐκτρόπιον” come from?

ἐκτρόπιον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐκτρέπω, from Ancient Greek ἐκ, from Proto-Hellenic *eks.

ἐκτρόπιον (Ancient Greek): an everted eyelid

Definitions

  1. an everted eyelid

Ancestry of “ἐκτρόπιον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐκτρέπωto turn inside out
2Ancient GreekἐκOut of, from; from, with the source of; to denote...
3Proto-Hellenic*eks—

Words derived from “ἐκτρόπιον”

  • ectropion
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