Etymology

zoopraxiscope

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Today it means: An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like. Full definition →

English scope ← Italian scopo ← Late Latin scopus
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The story

  1. Englishzoo
  2. Englishpraxis
  3. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  6. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  7. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  8. Late Latinscopus
  9. Italianscopo
  10. Englishscope
  11. English todayzoopraxiscope

From zoo + praxis + scope.

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