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Where does “demoscopicamente” come from?

demoscopicamente (Italian) comes from Italian demoscopico, from Italian demoscopia, from Italian -scopia, from Ancient Greek σκοπιά, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.

demoscopicamente (Italian): By means of a public opinion poll

Definitions

  1. By means of a public opinion poll

Ancestry of “demoscopicamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandemoscopicopublic opinion polling
2Italiandemoscopiapublic opinion polling
3Italian-scopia-scopy
4Ancient Greekσκοπιά—
5Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
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
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