optician
/ɒpˈtɪʃən/op-TIH-shuhn
/ɑpˈtɪʃən/ahp-TIH-shuhn
Meaninga sight specialist
Common meaning: one who makes or sells glasses
- optto do with seeing; sightLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1065 · scan
- iciannoun ending: one skilled in
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek ὀπτικός; ὄψις ‘to do with seeing; sight’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ὀπτικός, p. 1065 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ὀπτικός; ὄψις Greek “to do with seeing; sight”
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