The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀφθᾰλμῐκός“of or for the eyes”
- English todaylagophthalmic
From λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthălmĭkós, “of or for the eyes”), because hares were believed to sleep with their eyes open.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀφθᾰλμῐκός all →
ophthalmic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.