Where does “ουρανοξύστης” come from?
ουρανοξύστης (Greek) comes from Greek ουρανός, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.
ουρανοξύστης (Greek): skyscraper (tall building)
Definitions
- skyscraper (tall building)
Ancestry of “ουρανοξύστης”, step by step
ουρανοξύστης traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek ουρανός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | ουρανός | sky; roof, canopy; firmament, heaven, heavens |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οὐρανός | the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϝορσανός | — |
via Greek ξύνω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | ξύνω | to scratch, scrape |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | ξύνω | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ξύω | to scrape, scratch; to plane, smooth, polish; to... |