Meanings
adverbspectroscopically (not comparable)
- not comparableBy means of a spectroscope
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Italic*spekjō
- Latinspeciō
- Latinspectrum
- Englishspectrum
- Englishspectro-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinspectrum
- Frenchspectro-
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Frenchspectroscopie
- Frenchspectroscopique
- Englishspectroscopic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishspectroscopically
From spectroscopic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish spektroskopowo
- spektroskopowoby means of a spectroscope
Russian спектроскопи́чески
- спектроскопи́чески (spektroskopíčeski)by means of a spectroscope
Cite this entry
APA
spectroscopically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscopically
MLA
“spectroscopically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscopically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectroscopically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectroscopically.
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