Where does “rectoscopie” come from?
rectoscopie (Romanian) comes from French rectoscopie, from English rectoscope, from English scope, from Italian scopo, from Latin scopus, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai — to see, to look, to observe.
rectoscopie (Romanian): rectoscopy
Definitions
- rectoscopy
Ancestry of “rectoscopie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rectoscopie | rectoscopy |
| 2 | English | rectoscope | A proctoscope |
| 3 | English | scope | The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a... |
| 4 | Italian | scopo | aim, end, goal; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | scopus | a target |
| 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 |