Etymology

mesoscaphe

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Today it means: A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean. Full definition →

French mésoscaphe ← Ancient Greek σκάφη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκάφη“little ship”
  2. French · borrowed frommésoscaphe
  3. English todaymesoscaphe

From French mésoscaphe. From meso- + Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “little ship”). Coined by Jacques Piccard.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκάφη all →

podoscaph

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