myEtymology.com: French etymology of synopsis

Etymology of the French word synopsis

the French word synopsis

derived 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.)

Cognates

Dutch synopsis, English synopsis, German Synopse, Norwegian synopsis, Swedish synops