horoscoop
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos). By surface analysis, Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra) + -scoop.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ho‧ro‧scoop
- Rhymes: -oːp
Noun
horoscoop m (plural horoscopen, diminutive horoscoopje n)
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “horoscoop”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
- horoscoop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl