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French
Etymology
Clipping of oscilloscope.
Pronunciation
Noun
oscillo m (plural oscillos)
- (colloquial) oscilloscope
Italian
Verb
oscillo
- first-person singular present indicative of oscillare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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Particularly: “Verbal form of ōscillum (“swing”), or is the derivation the other way around? By surface analysis, obs- (“towards, against”) + cillō (“to move”). What is the origin of cillō (not mentioned by de Vaan)? Is it perhaps derived as a back-formation from vacillō (“to sway, waver”)? Semantically and to some extent phonetically, it seems similar to celer (“fast, quick”). This article (Swinging on a Star: The Mythical and Ritual Schemata of Oscillation) claims unknown origin; however, it's written by history, not linguistics, professors.[1] Other theories identify ōscillum as a diminutive of ōs (“mouth”), as Bacchanal masks (resembling little mouths) would supposedly be hung from trees and swayed by the wind on them. This seems very folk-etymological, though.”
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Pronunciation
Verb
ōscillō (present infinitive ōscillāre, perfect active ōscillāvī, supine ōscillātum); first conjugation
- to swing
Conjugation
Descendants
Noun
ōscillō
- dative/ablative singular of ōscillum
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