English

eyeblink

From eye + blink.

A compound of eye + blink

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Old English *blincan

Middle English blynken

English blink

Today it means

noun An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.

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

Etymograph / eyeblink