Where does “radioscope” come from?
radioscope (English) comes from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
radioscope (English): An instrument for detecting or studying X-rays
Definitions
- An instrument for detecting or studying X-rays
Ancestry of “radioscope”, step by step
radioscope traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 2 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 3 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 4 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 5 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English scope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scope | The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a... |
| 2 | Italian | scopo | aim, end, goal; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | scopus | a target |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |