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Where does “cystoscopy” come from?

cystoscopy (English) comes from English -scopy, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

cystoscopy (English): An endoscopy of the urinary bladder via the...

Definitions

  1. An endoscopy of the urinary bladder via the...

Ancestry of “cystoscopy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-scopyobservation, viewing
2Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
3Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
4Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
5Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “cystoscopy”

  • cystoscopic
  • cystoscopically
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