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Where does “στραβισμός” come from?

στραβισμός (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from Ancient Greek στραβίζω, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

στραβισμός (Greek): strabismus, squint

Definitions

  1. strabismus, squint

Ancestry of “στραβισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστραβισμόςa squinting
2Ancient Greekστραβίζωto have distorted eyes, to squint
3Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—
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