The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκανθός“corner of the eye”
- Latin · borrowed fromcanthus“corner of the eye”
- 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.