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Where does “endoscopy” come from?

Endoscopy comes from English -scopy, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-, meaning to observe or look.

endoscopy (English): The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or...

Definitions

  1. The examination of a bodily orifice, canal or...

Ancestry of “endoscopy”, 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 “endoscopy”

  • endoscopist
  • chromoendoscopy
  • nasendoscopy
  • neuroendoscopy
  • microendoscopy
  • echoendoscopy
  • gastroendoscopy
  • nasoendoscopy
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