Where does “microstrabismus” come from?
microstrabismus (English) comes from English strabismus, from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from Ancient Greek στραβίζω, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
microstrabismus (English): monofixation syndrome
Definitions
- monofixation syndrome
Ancestry of “microstrabismus”, step by step
microstrabismus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strabismus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strabismus | A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus... |
| 2 | New Latin | strabismus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στραβισμός | a squinting |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στραβίζω | to have distorted eyes, to squint |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στραβός | distorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |