Where does “diascopic” come from?
diascopic (English) comes from English diascopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
diascopic (English): Relating to diascopy; Describing an optical...
Definitions
- Relating to diascopy; Describing an optical...
Ancestry of “diascopic”, step by step
diascopic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diascopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diascopy | A test for blanchability performed by applying... |
| 2 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via French diascopique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diascopique | — |