The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀπτῐκός“of or for sight”
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromopticus
- Middle French · borrowed fromoptique
- English todayoptic
Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.