eyedrop

Meaning

1. Medicine to be administered to the eyes.
2. (poetic) A tear.

Synonyms

eye-drop

Translations

collirio

Augentropfen

gouttes oculaires

colirio

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: eachdrip

Cognate with Dutch: oogdrup

Cognate with German: Augentropfen

In summary

From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).