Etymograph

English

gutta serena

Gutta serena comes from Latin gutta serena.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta serenaliterally ‘clear drop’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta serenaliterally ‘clear drop’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Latin gutta serena (literally “clear drop”), as the term refers to blindness when the eye is unobstructed (clear).

Today it means

noun Amaurosis.

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

Etymograph / Latin gutta serena / gutta serena