opto-

English

prefix

Definitions

optical

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (of seeing).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ὀπτικός

Gloss

of seeing

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

optica Latin
opticus Latin
ὀπτικός Ancient Greek
ὄψ Ancient Greek
optisk Norwegian Bokmål
óptico Portuguese
optisk Norwegian Nynorsk