Etymology

omoplatoscopy

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Today it means: divination by use of a shoulder blade Full definition →

English scope ← Italian scopo ← Late Latin scopus
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The story

  1. Englishomo-
  2. Vulgar Latin*platta
  3. Old Frenchplate
  4. Middle Englishplate
  5. Englishplate
  6. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  9. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  10. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  11. Late Latinscopus
  12. Italianscopo
  13. Englishscope
  14. English todayomoplatoscopy

From omo- (“shoulder”) + plate + -o- + scope + -y.

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