Optician
/ɒpˈtɪʃən/noun
A person who makes, sells, or fits eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Did you know?Optician ultimately comes from Latin optāre? No — from Greek ōps/opt- meaning “eye,” the same ancient visual root that fed the language of optics and the “optical” sciences.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*okw-
“to see”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ōps (ὤψ), opt-
“eye; sight”
Latin
Latin
opticus
“of sight, visual”
Late Latin
Latin
opticianus
“one concerned with vision or optics”
17th Century
English
optician
“a person concerned with optics or the making of lenses”
Modern English
English
optician
“a person who fits or dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses”