The story
- Latin · derived frombi-“two”
- French · derived frombinocle
- English todaybinocle
From French binocle, from Latin bi- (“two”) + oculus (“eye”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchbinocle all →
pinochle
Latinbi- all →
bi-biloquiumbiplicity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.