Where does “kalo” come from?
kalo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian calo, from Ancient Greek καλός, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι — to see, to look, to observe.
kalo (Serbo-Croatian): difference in weight of delivered goods compared to invoice weight caused by drying, evaporation or similar processes
Definitions
- difference in weight of delivered goods compared to invoice weight caused by drying, evaporation or similar processes
Ancestry of “kalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | calo | fall; drop, loss, decrease; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | καλός | beautiful, lovely; good, quality, useful; good,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 4 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 5 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |