caleidoscoop
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- kaleidoscoop (superseded)
Etymology
editBorrowed from English kaleidoscope, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “shape”) (compare -oid) + -scope. Coined 1817, by David Brewster, its inventor.[1]
Figurative sense of “constantly changing pattern” attested 1819 by Lord Byron, who had received a kaleidoscope from his publisher.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaleidoscoop m (plural caleidoscopen, diminutive caleidoscoopje n)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “caleidoscoop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.