Where does “telescoping” come from?
Telescoping derives from English telescope, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω and σκοπός meaning to look or watcher, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- meaning to observe.
telescoping (English): present participle of telescope; The act of...
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- present participle of telescope; The act of...
Ancestry of “telescoping”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | telescope | A monocular optical instrument that magnifies... |
| 2 | Latin | telescopium | a telescope |
| 3 | Italian | telescopio | telescope |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τηλεσκόπος | far-seeing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |