myEtymology.com: English etymology of calliopsis

Etymology of the English word calliopsis

the English word calliopsis

using the English prefix calli-

derived from the Greek prefix kalli-, καλλι-

derived from the Greek word kallos, κάλλος (beautiful)

using the English suffix -opsis

derived from the New Latin word calliopsis

derived from the Greek word opsis, ὄψις (vision; sight; properly, sight (the act); the visage, an external show)

derived from the Greek word ops, ὤψ

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *okʷ-

using the Greek prefix kalli-, καλλι-

derived from the Greek word kallos, κάλλος (beautiful)

derived from the Greek word kallion, καλλίον ( better than many)

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