οὐρανοσκόπος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- observing the heavens
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (heaven, sky) + Ancient Greek σκοπέω (examine, look at, I look, look to into, inspect, consider, I look at, watch, look for, see, look, contemplate, view, I examine).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σκοπέω
Gloss
examine, look at, I look, look to into, inspect, consider, I look at, watch, look for, see, look, contemplate, view, I examine
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
⌚️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -scope English
- -scopy English
- archbishop English
- -scopium Latin
- scopo Latin
- -scope French
- οὐρανοῦχος Ancient Greek
- οὐρᾰνός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοσκόπιον Ancient Greek
- ὡροσκοπεῖον Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- -skop Norwegian Bokmål
- -skop Norwegian Nynorsk
- μικροσκόπιο Greek (modern)
- mikroskops Latvian