English

eyewhite

From eye + white.

Formed from eye + white

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

Today it means

noun The white part of the eye; the sclera.

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

Etymograph / eyewhite