Etymology

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Today it means: An eye doctor: either an ophthalmologist or an optometrist. Full definition →

French oculiste ← Latin oculus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromoculus“eye”
  2. French · derived fromoculiste“oculist”
  3. English todayoculist

From French oculiste (“oculist”), from Latin oculus (“eye”).

Words from the same roots

Latinoculus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.