The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed from-οψία
- English today-opsia
From Ancient Greek -οψία (-opsía), related to ὀπτικός (optikós, “optic, pertaining to sight”). Doublet of -opsy.
First known use, by meaning
- from 19th c. Forming compound nouns denoting specific deficiencies of sight.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.