The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greek*λῆθος (*lêthos)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ληθής (ălēthḗs)
- Ancient Greekἀλήθεια (alḗtheia)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- English todayalethoscope
From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”) + -scope, equivalent to aletho- + -scope.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀλήθεια all →
AletheaAlethaalethicalethiologyaletho-dialetheiadialetheism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.