perspective
Related Words:
angle, aspect, attitude, context, frame of reference, headset, landscape, mindset, objectivity, overview, panorama, proportion, prospect, relation, relativity, scene, viewpoint, vista.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin perspectīva (ars) optical (science), perspectīvum optical glass, noun uses of feminine and neuter of perspectīvus optical, equivalent to Latin perspect-, past participle stem of perspicere to look at closely (see per-, inspect) + -īvus-ive. Dictionary 2: C14: from Medieval Latin perspectīva ars the science of optics, from Latin perspicere to inspect carefully, from per- (intensive) + specere to behold. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of perspective: Noun (1): 1563. Adjective: 1570. Noun (2): 14th century. History and Etymology for perspective: Noun (1): Middle French, probably modification of Old Italian prospettiva, from prospetto view, prospect, from Latin prospectus — more at prospect. Adjective: Middle English, optical, from Medieval Latin perspectivus: Noun (2): Middle English perspectyf, from Medieval Latin perspectivum, from neuter of perspectivus of sight, optical, from Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere to look through, see clearly, from per- through + specere to look — more at per-, spy. —Merriam-Webster.
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angle, aspect, attitude, context, frame of reference, headset, landscape, mindset, objectivity, overview, panorama, proportion, prospect, relation, relativity, scene, viewpoint, vista.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin perspectīva (ars) optical (science), perspectīvum optical glass, noun uses of feminine and neuter of perspectīvus optical, equivalent to Latin perspect-, past participle stem of perspicere to look at closely (see per-, inspect) + -īvus-ive. Dictionary 2: C14: from Medieval Latin perspectīva ars the science of optics, from Latin perspicere to inspect carefully, from per- (intensive) + specere to behold. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of perspective: Noun (1): 1563. Adjective: 1570. Noun (2): 14th century. History and Etymology for perspective: Noun (1): Middle French, probably modification of Old Italian prospettiva, from prospetto view, prospect, from Latin prospectus — more at prospect. Adjective: Middle English, optical, from Medieval Latin perspectivus: Noun (2): Middle English perspectyf, from Medieval Latin perspectivum, from neuter of perspectivus of sight, optical, from Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere to look through, see clearly, from per- through + specere to look — more at per-, spy. —Merriam-Webster.
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