Etymograph

English

aphakia

Aphakia comes from Ancient Greek φᾰκός ‘lentil’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφᾰκός1‘lentil’
  2. Englishtodayaphakia1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English aphakia

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφᾰκόςWiktionary, English aphakia‘lentil’
  2. EnglishtodayaphakiaWiktionary, English aphakia

Formed from a- + phakia

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Every English word from Ancient Greek φᾰκός

Today it means

noun The absence of the lens of the eye, causing hypermetropia and a loss of accommodation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aphakia”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek φᾰκός / aphakia

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