English

endocanthion

From endo- + canthus + -ion.

Ancient Greek κανθός ‘corner of the eye’

Latin canthus ‘corner of the eye’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’

Ancient Greek εἶμι ‘I go’

Ancient Greek ἰόν ‘going’

English ion

Today it means

noun A cephalometric landmark representing the medial canthus as a single point.

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

Etymograph / endocanthion