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Where does “kaligrāfs” come from?

kaligrāfs (Latvian) comes from Ancient Greek καλλιγράφος, from Ancient Greek κᾰλλῐ-, from Ancient Greek καλός, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός — to see, to look, to observe.

kaligrāfs (Latvian): calligrapher

Definitions

  1. calligrapher

Ancestry of “kaligrāfs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκαλλιγράφοςcalligrapher
2Ancient Greekκᾰλλῐ-beautiful
3Ancient Greekκαλόςbeautiful, lovely; good, quality, useful; good,...
4Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
5Spanish-scopio-scope
6Latin-scopium—
7Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
8Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
9Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
10Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “kaligrāfs”

  • kaligrāfe
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