Where does “stereoscop” come from?
stereoscop (Romanian) comes from English stereoscope, from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
stereoscop (Romanian): stereoscope
Definitions
- stereoscope
Ancestry of “stereoscop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereoscope | An instrument used for viewing pairs of... |
| 2 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 3 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 4 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 5 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 6 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |