Where does “läpivalaisuelektronimikroskooppi” come from?
läpivalaisuelektronimikroskooppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish elektronimikroskooppi, from Finnish mikroskooppi, from Finnish -skooppi, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.
läpivalaisuelektronimikroskooppi (Finnish): transmission electron microscope
Definitions
- transmission electron microscope
Ancestry of “läpivalaisuelektronimikroskooppi”, step by step
läpivalaisuelektronimikroskooppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elektronimikroskooppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elektronimikroskooppi | electron microscope |
| 2 | Finnish | mikroskooppi | microscope |
| 3 | Finnish | -skooppi | -scope |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Finnish läpivalaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läpivalaisu | transillumination, X-ray |
| 2 | Finnish | läpi | hole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through |
| 3 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 4 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 5 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 6 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | stone |