The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκανθός“corner of the eye”
- Latin · borrowed fromcanthus“corner of the eye”
- English todaycanthus
Borrowed from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).
Words from the same roots
Latincanthus all →
chamfercantho-
Ancient Greekκανθός all →
cantho-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.