Where does “stylo-plume” come from?
stylo-plume (French) comes from French stylo, from French stylographe, from English stylograph, from English Style, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.
stylo-plume (French): fountain pen
Definitions
- fountain pen
Ancestry of “stylo-plume”, step by step
stylo-plume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French stylo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stylo | pen |
| 2 | French | stylographe | a pen |
| 3 | English | stylograph | A fountain pen that has a thin hollow tube or... |
| 4 | English | Style | pseudonym of {{w|Neil Strauss}} in the seduction... |
| 5 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 6 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 7 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
via French plume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 2 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 3 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 4 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |