Etymology

nontelescopic

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Today it means: Not telescopic. Full definition →

English telescopic ← Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) ← Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  15. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  16. Englishtele-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  19. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  20. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  21. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  22. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  23. Englishtelescopic
  24. English todaynontelescopic

From non- + telescopic.

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