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

  1. strabismus

Ancestry of “strabismi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinstrabismus
2Ancient Greekστραβισμόςa squinting
3Ancient Greekστραβίζωto have distorted eyes, to squint
4Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek στραβόςEvery word from Ancient Greek στραβίζω
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