Where does “capotasto” come from?
capotasto (English) comes from Italian capotasto, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.
capotasto (English): A device, placed across the strings of a fretted...
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- A device, placed across the strings of a fretted...
Ancestry of “capotasto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | capotasto | capotasto |
| 2 | Italian | tasto | key, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard |
| 3 | Italian | tastare | to feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |