Etymology of the English word synopsis
the English word
synopsisderived from the Late Latin word
synopsisderived from the Greek word
sunopsis, σύνοψις
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
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
Date
The earliest known usage of synopsis in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
synopsizeDerivations in other languages
Italian
sinopsi, Romanian
sinopsisCognates
Dutch
synopsis, French
synopsis, German
Synopse, Norwegian
synopsis, Swedish
synopsUsage
Word found in Modern English
