Where does “strabismus” come from?
strabismus (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from Ancient Greek στραβίζω, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
Ancestry of “strabismus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | στραβισμός | a squinting |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στραβίζω | to have distorted eyes, to squint |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στραβός | distorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |