köken: From δημο- (dimo-, “demo-”) + -σκόπηση (-skópisi, “-scopy”) or a learned borrowing from German Demoskopie. See δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, community”) & σκοπός m (skopós, “goal”). A word creation with Greek combining forms to replace the loanword γκάλοπ n (gkálop, “Gallup poll”). The initial sense of the synonym σφυγμομέτρηση f (sfygmométrisi) -attested since 1891- was "measuring pulsation".
köken: Etymology tree French sonder Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French sondagebor. Polish sondaż Borrowed from French sondage.