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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 91 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-See also:
EUROPEAN
European See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root also seen in See also:
LAT
Lat. oc-ulus, the See also:
ORGAN
organ of See also:
VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT
vision (q.v.) .

End of Article: EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

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