Infraorbital
/ˌɪnfrəˈɔːrbɪtəl/noun
Situated below the eye socket.
Did you know?The second half comes from Latin *orbita* (“track, wheel-rut, orbit”), so the same ancient root that gave us planetary orbits also lives under your eye socket.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃erbʰ-
“to move around, turn”
Latin
Latin
orbis
“circle, disk, ring”
Latin
Latin
orbita
“wheel-rut; track; orbit”
Medieval Latin
Latin
infraorbitalis
“below the eye socket”
Modern English
English
infraorbital
“situated beneath the orbit of the eye”