Where does “electroencefalográfico” come from?
electroencefalográfico (Spanish) comes from Spanish electroencefalografía, from Spanish encefalografía, from Spanish encéfalo, from English encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.
electroencefalográfico (Spanish): electroencephalographic
Ancestry of “electroencefalográfico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | electroencefalografía | electroencephalography |
| 2 | Spanish | encefalografía | — |
| 3 | Spanish | encéfalo | cephalon; encephalon |
| 4 | English | encephalon | The area of central nervous system that includes... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐγκέφαλος | inside the head; brain; heart of the date palm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κεφαλή | head; a person's life; the top-most part |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |