Where does “lorgnon” come from?

lorgnon (French) comes from French -on, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

lorgnon (French): monocle; lorgnette; pince-nez

Definitions

  1. monocle; lorgnette; pince-nez

Ancestry of “lorgnon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-onForming diminutives of things, including some...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “lorgnon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from French -on →