Where does “bigleux” come from?
bigleux (French) comes from French bigle, from French bicler, from Middle French biscler, from Vulgar Latin bisoculare, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
bigleux (French): cross-eyed, squinting, short-sighted
Definitions
- cross-eyed, squinting, short-sighted
Ancestry of “bigleux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bigle | cross-eyed; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | bicler | to look, see |
| 3 | Middle French | biscler | to squint |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | bisoculare | to squint |
| 5 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |