Etymology

scope

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Today it means: The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit. Full definition →

Italian scopo ← Late Latin scopus ← Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
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scope · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  4. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  5. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  6. Late Latinscopus
  7. Italianscopo
  8. English todayscope

From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

scope · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skeh₂p-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skoh₂péh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*skōpā
  4. Latinscopa
  5. English todayscope

Derived from Latin scopa.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκοπός all →

abscopalskopos

Proto-Indo-European*speḱ- all →

spyespy

Latinscopa all →

scopatescopiform

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