Where does “strobelike” come from?
strobelike (English) comes from English strobe, from English stroboscope, from English scope, from Italian scopo, from Latin scopus, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.
strobelike (English): Resembling strobe lighting
Definitions
- Resembling strobe lighting
Ancestry of “strobelike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | strobe | A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce... |
| 2 | English | stroboscope | Instrument for studying or observing periodic... |
| 3 | English | scope | The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a... |
| 4 | Italian | scopo | aim, end, goal; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | scopus | a target |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |