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Where does “optică” come from?

optică (Romanian) comes from French optique, from Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός.

optică (Romanian): optics

Definitions

  1. optics

Ancestry of “optică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoptiqueoptic, optical; optics; point of view,...
2Latinopticusoptic; of or relating to seeing, sight or vision
3Ancient Greekὀπτῐκός—
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