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English

anisometropia

Anisometropia comes from Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος ‘the same as’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́σοςĭ́sos‘the same as’
  2. Englishtodayanisometropia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́σοςĭ́sos‘the same as’
  2. Englishtodayanisometropia

A compound of an- + iso- + metr- ‘measure’ + -opia

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

Proto-Germanic *ana- ‘on’

Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’

English an-

Ancient Greek ἴσος ‘equal’

English iso-

Every English word from Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος

Today it means

noun A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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