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- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Germanic*kwikwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*kwiku
- Old Englishcwic
- Middle Englishquyk
- Englishquick
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Late Latinscopus
- Italianscopo
- Englishscope
- English todayquickscope
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.