Etymograph

English

maculopathy

From macula + -o- + -pathy.

Formed from macula + -o- + -pathy

Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥Htlóm

Proto-Italic *smaklom

Latin macula ‘spot, stain’

Middle English macula ‘spot on the skin or in the eye’

English macula

Today it means

noun Any disease of the macula of the eye.

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

Etymograph / maculopathy