Where does “horoscope” come from?
Horoscope comes from Middle French horoscope, Medieval Latin horoscopus, and Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος, ultimately from the root speḱ- meaning "to observe or watch," which also produced σκοπός and σκέπτομαι in Ancient Greek.
horoscope (English): The position of the planets and stars at the...
Definitions
- The position of the planets and stars at the...
Ancestry of “horoscope”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | horoscope | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | horoscopus | horoscope |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὡροσκόπος | one who watches the time |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
Words derived from “horoscope”