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Where does the word "optic" come from? It comes from Greek optikos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "optic" come from? It comes from Greek optikos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Optic’s story begins in Greek: optikos meant “relating to sight.” Relating to sight, from ops (eye). It reached English by 1500s as optic. Settled as the word for anything relating to vision or the eye. Today, optic means relating to vision, light, or the eye.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient optikos "relating to sight", relating to sight, from ops (eye).
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s optic "relating to vision or the eye", settled as the word for anything relating to vision or the eye.