Diplopia
/dɪˈploʊ.pi.ə/noun
A condition in which a person sees two images of a single object.
Did you know?Diplopia comes from Greek diploos, meaning “double,” plus -opia, “vision,” and the same ancient root behind it also lives in words like diploma and diploid.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dwo-
“two”
Ancient Greek
Greek
diplous
“double, twofold”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-opia
“vision, sight”
Modern Latin
Latin
diplopia
“double vision”
Modern English
English
diplopia
“the condition of seeing two images of one object”