English Explanatory Dictionary

anemoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane or weathercock.
  2. A device consisting of a vane above, connected to the inside of a building with a dial or index to show the wind direction.

Word forms

anemoscope anemoscopes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Hellenic *ánemos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νεμος (ắnemos)der. English anemo- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English anemoscope From anemo- + -scope.

Translations

Bulgarian: анемоско́п Catalan: anemoscopi French: anémoscope Italian: anemoscopio Polish: anemoskop Polish: wiatrowskaz Portuguese: anemoscópio Spanish: anemoscopio
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