The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“tumor”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀφθαλμός“eye”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαρά“beside, near”
- English todayparophthalmoncus
From par- (“near”) + ophthalm(o) (“eye”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside, near”), Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”), and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπαρά all →
palfreyparabariomicroliteparablepsisparaphragmaparaprosdokianparaseleneparastichy
Ancient Greekὀφθαλμός all →
ophthalmiabuphthalmosophthalmo-podophthalmite
Ancient Greekὄγκος all →
onchocerciasisarthroncusgonyoncusmaschaloncusonco-oncotic-oncussialadenoncusstaphyloncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.