Where does “synoptique” come from?
synoptique (French) comes from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός, from Ancient Greek σύνοψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
synoptique (French): synoptic
Ancestry of “synoptique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | συνοπτικός | seeing the whole together or at a glance |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σύνοψις | a seeing all together, general view, shared view;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “synoptique”