The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκᾰτῶβλεψ
- Latin · borrowed fromcatōblepās
- English todaycatoblepas
Borrowed from Latin catōblepās, from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (kătôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (kătōblépōn), κᾰτώβλεπον (kătṓblepon, “down-looker”), from κᾰτᾰβλέπω (kătăblépō, “to look downwards”, from κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) + βλέπω (blépō)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.