Where does “strabismi” come from?
strabismi (Finnish) comes from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from Ancient Greek στραβίζω, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
strabismi (Finnish): strabismus
Definitions
- strabismus
Ancestry of “strabismi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | strabismus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στραβισμός | a squinting |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στραβίζω | to have distorted eyes, to squint |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στραβός | distorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |