Where does “telescopi” come from?
telescopi (Italian) comes from Italian telescopio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telescopi (Italian): plural of telescopio
Ancestry of “telescopi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | telescopio | telescope |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τηλεσκόπος | far-seeing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 4 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |