English

eyeflap

From eye + flap.

A compound of eye + flap

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Middle English flap

English flap

Today it means

noun A blinder on a horse's bridle.

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