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Where does “tais-scópach” come from?

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

tais-scópach (Irish): hygroscopic

Definitions

  1. hygroscopic

Ancestry of “tais-scópach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishtais-scóphygroscope
2Irish-scóp-scope
3Irishscópscope
4EnglishscopeThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a...
5Italianscopoaim, end, goal; first-person singular present...
6Latinscopusa target
7Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
8Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
9Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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