Etymology

radioscopically

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Today it means: By means of radioscopy. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English radioscopic
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The story

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  6. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  7. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  8. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  9. Englishradioscopic
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todayradioscopically

From radioscopic + -ally.

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