cymatoscope

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
3. Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)
4. Ancient Greekκῦμᾰ (kûmă)
5. Latincȳmat(is)
6. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
7. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
8. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
9. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
10. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
11. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
12. English todaycymatoscope

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).

Words from the same roots