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Where does “-scopic” come from?

-scopic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

-scopic (English): Forming adjectives relating to observation or...

Definitions

  1. Forming adjectives relating to observation or...

Ancestry of “-scopic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “-scopic”

  • microscopic
  • endoscopic
  • macroscopic
  • telescopic
  • microscopically
  • mesoscopic
  • macroscopically
  • hysteroscopic
  • endoscopically
  • submicroscopic
  • megascopic
  • ultramicroscopic
  • cryoscopic
  • orthoscopic
  • telescopically
  • monoscopic
  • biomicroscopic
  • radioscopic
  • ureteroscopic
  • videoendoscopic
  • neuroendoscopic
  • electroscopic
  • stereomicroscopic
  • microendoscopic
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