Etymology of the English word optics
the English word
opticsderived from the Old French word
optiquederived from the Medieval Latin word
opticus (optic; optician)
derived from the Greek word
optikos, ὀπτικός
derived from the Greek word
optos, ὀπτός (cooked; roasted)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*okʷ-Derivations in English
heteroptics,
magnetooptics,
opticist,
acoustoopticsCognates
Dutch
optica, French
optique, German
Optik, Italian
ottico, Lithuanian
optika, Norwegian
optikk, Polish
optyka, Russian
oптикa, Spanish
optico, Swedish
optikUsage
Word found in Modern English
