Etymograph

English

eye-apple

Eye-apple comes from Old English ēagæppel ‘eyeball, pupil’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *augapl.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*augapl‘eyeball’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēagæppel‘eyeball, pupil’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ij appel
  4. Englishtodayeye-apple

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*augapl‘eyeball’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēagæppel‘eyeball, pupil’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ij appel
  4. Englishtodayeye-apple

Formed from eye + apple

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl

Proto-Germanic *aplaz ‘apple’

Proto-West Germanic *applu ‘apple’

Old English æppel ‘apple’

Middle English appel ‘apple; apple tree’

English apple

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *augapl

Today it means

noun The eyeball or pupil

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *augapl / eye-apple

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