Etymology

videomicroscopic

Today it means: Using, or relating to, videomicroscopy. Full definition →

English microscopic ← Italian microscopio ← Latin mīcroscopium
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  13. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  14. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  15. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  16. Latinmīcroscopium
  17. Italianmicroscopio
  18. Englishmicroscope
  19. Englishmicroscopic
  20. English todayvideomicroscopic

From video- + microscopic.

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