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Where does “tais-scóp” come from?

tais-scóp (Irish) comes from Irish -scóp, from Irish scóp, from English scope, from Italian scopo, from Latin scopus, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.

tais-scóp (Irish): hygroscope

Definitions

  1. hygroscope

Ancestry of “tais-scóp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-scóp-scope
2Irishscópscope
3EnglishscopeThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a...
4Italianscopoaim, end, goal; first-person singular present...
5Latinscopusa target
6Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
7Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
8Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “tais-scóp”

  • tais-scópach
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