Where does “scope” come from?
scope (Italian) comes from Italian scopa, from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.
scope (Italian): plural of scopa
Ancestry of “scope”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | scopa | broom, besom; a Neapolitan card game; briar, tree... |
| 2 | Latin | scōpa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *skōpā | — |