Etymology

cockeyed

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Today it means: Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed. Full definition →

English eyed ← Middle English cok ← Old English cocc
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  2. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  4. Old Englishcocc
  5. Middle Englishcok
  6. Englishcock
  7. Englisheyed
  8. English todaycockeyed

From cock + eyed.

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