eye-apple

English

Etymology

From Middle English ij appel, from Old English ēagæppel (“eyeball, pupil”), from Proto-West Germanic *augapl, equivalent to eye +‎ apple.

Cognate with West Frisian eachappel (“pupil”), Dutch oogappel (“eyeball; pupil”), German Augapfel (“eyeball”), Danish øjeæble (“eyeball”), Norwegian øyeeple (“eyeball”).

Noun

eye-apple (plural eye-apples)

  1. (anatomy) The eyeball or pupil
  2. Synonym of apple of one's eye.

See also

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