Where does “hemi-prosopometamorphopsia” come from?

hemi-prosopometamorphopsia (English) comes from English -opsia, from Ancient Greek -οψία, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

hemi-prosopometamorphopsia (English): A rare neurovisual perceptual disorder, a variant of prosopometamorphopsia, in which distortion of facial features is restricted to one hemiface. The unaffected side is typically perceived normally, creating a split or “halved” perceptual distortion of faces

Definitions

  1. A rare neurovisual perceptual disorder, a variant of prosopometamorphopsia, in which distortion of facial features is restricted to one hemiface. The unaffected side is typically perceived normally, creating a split or “halved” perceptual distortion of faces

Ancestry of “hemi-prosopometamorphopsia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-opsiaForming compound nouns denoting specific...
2Ancient Greek-οψίαsight
3Ancient Greekὄψιςview
4Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
5Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →