Etymology

ultramicroscope

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Today it means: a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles Full definition →

English microscope ← Italian microscopio ← Latin mīcroscopium
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  10. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  11. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  12. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  13. Latinmīcroscopium
  14. Italianmicroscopio
  15. Englishmicroscope
  16. English todayultramicroscope

From ultra- + microscope.

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