English

eyeground

From eye + ground.

A compound of eye + ground

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Today it means

noun The fundus of the eye; the inside of the bottom part of the eyeball, particularly retina as examined through an ophthalmoscope.

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

Etymograph / eyeground