The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀφθαλμός
- Old French · derived fromobtalmie
- Medieval Latin · derived fromobtalmia
- English todayophthalmia
From Medieval Latin obtalmia and Old French obtalmie, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós). Re-classicized from the Greek spelling, instead of archaic obtalmy (“eye inflammation, (also?) longsightedness”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀφθαλμός all →
buphthalmosophthalmo-parophthalmoncuspodophthalmite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.