English

eyedrop

From eye + drop.

A compound of eye + drop

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Germanic *drupô ‘drop’

Proto-West Germanic *dropō ‘drop’

Old English dropa ‘a drop’

Middle English droppe ‘small quantity of liquid’

English drop

Today it means

noun Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.

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