The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκολλύριον“poultice”
- Latin · borrowed fromcollȳrium
- English todaycollyrium
From Latin collȳrium, from Ancient Greek κολλύριον (kollúrion, “poultice”). Doublet of koulouri.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
collyrium
Today it means: A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve. Full definition →
Latin collȳrium ← Ancient Greek κολλύριον