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noun
Synonym of cymoscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: philologically prescribed; but sees little actual use; philologically prescribed; but sees little actual use
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Synonyms: cymoscope
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh1mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *kūmə Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor. Latin cȳmat(is) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English cymatoscope From Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + -scope, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).
