Oculist
/ˈɒk.jʊ.lɪst/noun
An eye doctor or specialist in diseases of the eye.
Did you know?Oculist comes from Latin oculus, “eye,” the same root that gave English the poetic word ocular, and it entered English through learned medical language rather than everyday speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃ekʷ-
“to see, observe”
Latin
Latin
oculus
“eye”
Late Latin
Latin
oculista
“eye specialist”
16th Century
English
oculist
“a practitioner who treats diseases of the eye”
Modern English
English
oculist
“an eye specialist”
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