Where does “stereo” come from?
Stereo comes from English stereotype and English -scope, derived from Ancient Greek φωνή and σκέπτομαι, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
stereo (English): A system of recording or reproducing sound that...
Definitions
- A system of recording or reproducing sound that...
Ancestry of “stereo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 2 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 3 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 4 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “stereo”
- stereoscope
- stereographic
- stereophonic
- stereopsis
- stereogram
- stereological
- stereograph
- stereogenic
- stereology
- stereoregularity
- stereophotogrammetry
- stereophony
- stereolithographic
- stereography
- stereocontrol
- stereopair
- stereoinduction
- stereocontrolled
- stereostructure
- autostereogram
- stereophonically
- stereoptic
- stereologically
- stereophone