English

eyecap

From eye + cap.

A compound of eye + cap

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Latin caput ‘head’

Late Latin cappa ‘cap, hood, cape’

Proto-West Germanic *kappā ‘covering, hood, mantle’

Old English cæppe ‘cap, hood’

Middle English cappe ‘cap’

English cap

Today it means

noun The brille of a snake.

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