The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέρας“horn”
- Spanish · borrowed fromqueratomileusis
- English todaykeratomileusis
From Spanish queratomileusis, coined by Spanish physician José Barraquer in 1963 from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”), equivalent to kerato-, + σμίλευσις (smíleusis, “carving”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκέρας all →
saratogakeratincalyceraceouscerargyritecerasdinoceraskerato-keratoglobuskeraulophonkeritekeroidorthoceras
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.