cataract
- cataract
cataract (
n.) early 15c., from
L. cataracta "
waterfall," from
Gk. katarhaktes "
waterfall, broken water; swooping, rushing down; portcullis," noun use of adjective from
kata "
down" (see
CATA- (
Cf. cata-)) +
arhattein "
to strike hard." Its alternative sense in Latin of "
portcullis" probably was passed through French to form the English meaning "
eye disease" (early 15c.), on the notion of "
obstruction."
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