Where does “strobotron” come from?
strobotron (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.
strobotron (English): A cold-cathode tube designed for high-current...
Definitions
- A cold-cathode tube designed for high-current...
Ancestry of “strobotron”, step by step
strobotron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strobe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English tron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tron | Obsolete form of trone |