Etymology

cantho-

Today it means: Canthus, corner of the eye where the upper and lower lids meet. Full definition →

Latin canthus ← Ancient Greek κανθός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκανθός“corner of the eye”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromcanthus“corner of the eye”
  3. English todaycantho-

From canthus, from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”). By surface analysis, canth- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Latincanthus all →

chamfercanthus

Ancient Greekκανθός all →

canthus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.