Where does “scope” come from?

scope (Italian) comes from Italian scopa, from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.

scope (Italian): plural of scopa

Definitions

  1. plural of scopa

Ancestry of “scope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscopabroom, besom; a Neapolitan card game; briar, tree...
2Latinscōpabranch of a plant
3Proto-Italic*skōpā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *skōpā →Every word from Latin scōpa →Every word from Italian scopa →