Where does “eyelash” come from?
Eyelash comes from English eye, derived from Middle French lachier, Old English eġe, Proto-Germanic augô, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂egʰ-, a root meaning to see or perceive.
eyelash (English): one of the hairs which grow along the edge of...
Definitions
- one of the hairs which grow along the edge of...
Ancestry of “eyelash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Eye | — |
| 2 | English | -some | Characterized by some specific condition or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -som | — |
| 4 | Old English | sum | some |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some , a certain; some, certain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “eyelash”