Where does “κεφαλή” come from?
κεφαλή (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin Taxus, 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.
κεφαλή (Ancient Greek): head; a person's life; the top-most part
Definitions
- head; a person's life; the top-most part
Ancestry of “κεφαλή”, step by step
κεφαλή traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Taxus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 3 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 4 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰepʰəlā́ | — |
Words derived from “κεφαλή”
- hydrocephalus
- cephalic
- telencephalon
- brachiocephalic
- mesencephalic
- enkephalin
- mesencephalon
- diencephalic
- brachycephalic
- holoprosencephaly
- cephalopod
- dolichocephalic
- encephalon
- prosencephalon
- acephalous
- rhombencephalon
- autocephalous
- prosencephalic
- encephalic
- metencephalon
- myelencephalon
- cynocephalus
- microcephalic
- oculocephalic