The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not”
- English todayablepharon
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticatresiaabiogenesisaneroidachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousachaenocarpacheneachilousachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.