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Where does “καλόπους” come from?

καλόπους (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek καλός, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.

καλόπους (Ancient Greek): a shoemaker's last; wood + foot; shoemaker's...

Definitions

  1. a shoemaker's last; wood + foot; shoemaker's...

Ancestry of “καλόπους”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκαλόςbeautiful, lovely; good, quality, useful; good,...
2Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
3Spanish-scopio-scope
4Latin-scopium—
5Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
6Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
7Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
8Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “καλόπους”

  • calibration
  • caliber
  • cal
  • calibre
  • calibrate
  • calipers
  • recalibration
  • recalibrate
  • calibrator
  • intercalibration
  • caliver
  • autocalibration
  • miscalibration
  • subcaliber
  • subcalibre
  • calibratable
  • intercalibrate
  • crosscalibration
  • miscalibrate
  • monocaliber
  • polycaliber
  • decalibrate
  • multicalibre
  • multicaliber
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