Etymology

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Today it means: By means of a telescope. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  6. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  7. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  8. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  9. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  10. Englishtelescopic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todaytelescopically

From telescopic + -ally.

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