Where does “lens” come from?

lens (Dutch) comes from Latin lēns — lentil.

lens (Dutch): optical lens; crystalline lens in the eye; A type...

Definitions

  1. optical lens; crystalline lens in the eye; A type...

Ancestry of “lens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēnslentil

Words derived from “lens

Every word from Latin lēns