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Where does “nonstereoscopic” come from?

nonstereoscopic (English) comes from English stereoscopic, from French stéréoscopique, from French stéréoscopie, from French -scopie, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.

nonstereoscopic (English): Not stereoscopic

Definitions

  1. Not stereoscopic

Ancestry of “nonstereoscopic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstereoscopicOf or relating to stereoscopy; three-dimensional;...
2Frenchstéréoscopiquestereoscopic
3Frenchstéréoscopiestereoscopy
4French-scopie-scopy
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
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