Where does “stylomine” come from?
stylomine (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.
stylomine (French): A combined pen and pencil
Definitions
- A combined pen and pencil
Ancestry of “stylomine”, step by step
stylomine 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 mine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 2 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 3 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 4 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 5 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |