short-sightedness

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What does short-sightedness mean?

Myopia: impairment of vision's acuity for distant objects.

Where does short-sightedness come from?

Etymology tree English short-sighted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English short-sightedness From short-sighted + -ness.

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