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Where does “oculosympathetic” come from?

oculosympathetic (English) comes from English sympathetic, from English pimp, from Proto-Brythonic pɨmp, from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

oculosympathetic (English): Relating to the eye and the sympathetic nervous...

Definitions

  1. Relating to the eye and the sympathetic nervous...

Ancestry of “oculosympathetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsympatheticof, related to, showing, or characterized by...
2EnglishpimpSomeone who solicits customers for prostitution...
3Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
4Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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