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Where does “telethermoscope” come from?

telethermoscope (English) comes from English thermoscope, from English scope, from Italian scopo, from Latin scopus, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.

telethermoscope (English): A device used for measuring and recording the...

Definitions

  1. A device used for measuring and recording the...

Ancestry of “telethermoscope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthermoscopeA scientific instrument that measures changes in...
2EnglishscopeThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a...
3Italianscopoaim, end, goal; first-person singular present...
4Latinscopusa target
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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