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Where does “ὀπτός” come from?

ὀπτός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ὀπτός (Ancient Greek): roasted, broiled, boiled; baked; generally...

Definitions

  1. roasted, broiled, boiled; baked; generally...

Ancestry of “ὀπτός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “ὀπτός”

  • optical
  • optic
  • optics
  • optically
  • fiberoptic
  • optician
  • preoptic
  • optometrist
  • optoelectronic
  • panoptic
  • optometry
  • optokinetic
  • optoelectronics
  • supraoptic
  • panopticism
  • electrooptic
  • optocoupler
  • optomechanical
  • entoptic
  • optode
  • electrooptical
  • optoisolator
  • optophone
  • opticality
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