Etymology

polyscope

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Today it means: A lens that has multiple facets and forms multiple images. Full definition →

English scope ← Italian scopo ← Late Latin scopus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  8. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  9. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  10. Late Latinscopus
  11. Italianscopo
  12. Englishscope
  13. English todaypolyscope

From poly- + scope.

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