Where does “synoptyczny” come from?

synoptyczny (Polish) comes from French synoptique, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός, from Ancient Greek σύνοψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

synoptyczny (Polish): pertaining to weather forecasting

Definitions

  1. pertaining to weather forecasting

Ancestry of “synoptyczny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsynoptiquesynoptic
2Ancient Greekσυνοπτικόςseeing the whole together or at a glance
3Ancient Greekσύνοψιςa seeing all together, general view, shared view;...
4Ancient Greekὄψιςview
5Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
6Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →