-scope
Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
Suffix
- Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”).
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bioscope bronchoscope chronoscope colonoscope coloscope colposcope cryoscope cystoscope electroscope endoscope epidiascope fetoscope fiberscope fluoroscope galvanoscope gastroscope gyroscope hagioscope horoscope hydroscope hygroscope iconoscope kaleidoscope kinescope