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
- Forming adjectives relating to observation or...
Ancestry of “-scopic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 2 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 3 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 5 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 6 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 7 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 8 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “-scopic”
- endoscopic
- macroscopic
- telescopic
- mesoscopic
- macroscopically
- hysteroscopic
- endoscopically
- megascopic
- retroperitoneoscopic
- cryoscopic
- orthoscopic
- telescopically
- monoscopic
- gonioscopic
- radioscopic
- ureteroscopic
- videoendoscopic
- neuroendoscopic
- electroscopic
- microendoscopic
- necroscopic
- mesoscopically
- photoscopic
- gonioscopically