Where does “skeptimistic” come from?
skeptimistic (English) comes from English optimistic, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
skeptimistic (English): Both skeptical and optimistic at once
Definitions
- Both skeptical and optimistic at once
Ancestry of “skeptimistic”, step by step
skeptimistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optimistic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimistic | Expecting the best in all possible ways; Allowing... |
| 2 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 3 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 4 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 5 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 6 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 7 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 8 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English skeptical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skeptical | Having, or expressing doubt; questioning; Of or... |
| 2 | Latin | scepticus | The sect of skeptics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σκεπτικός | thoughtful, inquiring; a sceptic, a member of the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |