The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromνυκταλωπία
- English todaynyctalopia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía), from νύξ (núx, “night”), ἀλαός (alaós, “blind”), and ὄψ (óps, “eye”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nyctalopia
Today it means: The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness Full definition →
Ancient Greek νυκταλωπία