Etymology

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Today it means: Of or relating to a synopsis. Full definition →

New Latin synopticus ← Ancient Greek συνοπτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνοπτικός“seeing the whole together or at a glance”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromsynopticus
  3. English todaysynoptic

From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

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