Where does “microscopicește” come from?
microscopicește (Romanian) comes from Romanian microscopic, from French microscopique, from French microscope, from French -scope, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.
microscopicește (Romanian): microscopically
Definitions
- microscopically
Ancestry of “microscopicește”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | microscopic | microscopic |
| 2 | French | microscopique | microscopic; Norse |
| 3 | French | microscope | microscope |
| 4 | French | -scope | scope |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |