Etymology

skiascope

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Ancient Greek σκιά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκιά“shadow”
  2. English todayskiascope

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -scope.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.