The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύνοψις
- Late Latin · derived fromsynopsis
- English todaysynopsis
From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.