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Where does “endomicroscope” come from?

endomicroscope (English) comes from English microscope, from Italian microscopio, from Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.

endomicroscope (English): A microscope used in endomicroscopy

Definitions

  1. A microscope used in endomicroscopy

Ancestry of “endomicroscope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroscopeAn optical instrument used for observing small...
2Italianmicroscopiomicroscope
3Latinmicroscopiummicroscope
4Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
5Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
6Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
7Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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