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
- capotasto; capo
Ancestry of “カポタスト”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | capotasto | capotasto |
| 2 | Italian | tasto | key, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard |
| 3 | Italian | tastare | to feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |