Where does “カポタスト” come from?

カポタスト (Japanese) comes from Italian capotasto, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

カポタスト (Japanese): capotasto; capo

Definitions

  1. capotasto; capo

Ancestry of “カポタスト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapotastocapotasto
2Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
3Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
4Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
5Latintaxāre
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-
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