English

eyelock

From eye + lock.

A compound of eye + lock

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

noun An occurrence of mutual staring, where each person gazes fixedly into the other's eyes.

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