English Explanatory Dictionary

-scope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

Pronunciation

/-skəʊp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--scope.wav /-skoʊp/

Word forms

-scope

Etymology

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”).

Related words

-scopy

Derived words

bioscope bronchoscope chronoscope colonoscope coloscope colposcope cryoscope cystoscope electroscope endoscope epidiascope fetoscope fiberscope fluoroscope galvanoscope gastroscope gyroscope hagioscope horoscope hydroscope hygroscope iconoscope kaleidoscope kinescope laparoscope laryngoscope microscope ophthalmoscope oscilloscope otoscope periscope pharyngoscope phonoscope photomicroscope polariscope proctoscope radarscope resectoscope retinoscope riflescope roentgenoscope seismoscope sigmoidoscope skiascope spectrohelioscope spectroscope spinthariscope statoscope stereomicroscope stereoscope stethoscope stroboscope tachistoscope telescope telestereoscope telethermoscope ultramicroscope urethroscope zymoscope
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