Where does “miopia” come from?

miopia (Italian) comes from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

miopia (Italian): myopia; short-sightedness; near-sightedness

Definitions

  1. myopia; short-sightedness; near-sightedness

Ancestry of “miopia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
2Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →