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Where does “bleareye” come from?

bleareye (English) comes from English eye, from Middle English eye, from Old English eġe, from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

bleareye (English): A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic...

Definitions

  1. A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic...

Ancestry of “bleareye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheyeAn organ through which animals see; The visual...
2Middle Englisheyeawe, reverence, worshipfulness; horror, panic;...
3Old Englisheġe—
4Old Englishēageeye
5Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
6Proto-Germanicaugôeye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
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