-scopy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.

English -scopy

From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-skəpi/

Suffix

-scopy

1. observation, viewing

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -scopy

abdominoscopy

actinoscopy

amnioscopy

anemoscopy

angioscopy

anomaloscopy

anoscopy

anthroposcopy

antroscopy

arthroscopy

astroscopy

auriscopy

autoscopy

bacilloscopy

bacterioscopy

bioscopy

bronchoesophagoscopy

bronchoscopy

brontoscopy

capillaroscopy

cardioscopy

centroscopy

cephaloscopy

ceraunoscopy

cerebroscopy

cervicoscopy

cheiloscopy

cholangioscopy

choledochoscopy

chronoscopy

coelioscopy

colonoscopy

coloscopy

colposcopy

coproscopy

coroscopy

cranioscopy

cryoscopy

cryptoscopy

culdoscopy

cystoscopy

defectoscopy

demoscopy

dermatoscopy

dermoscopy

deuteroscopy

diascopy

ductoscopy

duodenoscopy

ebullioscopy

electroscopy

embryoscopy

encephaloscopy

endocytoscopy

endoscopy

enteroscopy

esophagogastroscopy

esophagoscopy

exoscopy

falloscopy

femtoscopy

fertiloscopy

fetoscopy

fibroscopy

fluoroscopy

funduscopy

galvanoscopy

gastroduodenoscopy

gastroscopy

geloscopy

genitoscopy

geoscopy

gonioscopy

gyroscopy

hepatoscopy

hieroscopy

hydatoscopy

hysteroscopy

ileoscopy

jejunoscopy

keratoscopy

kinescopy

laparoscopy

laryngobronchoscopy

laryngoscopy

laryngotracheobronchoscopy

macroscopy

manoscopy

meatoscopy

mediastinoscopy

mesoscopy

metalloscopy

meteoroscopy

metoposcopy

microscopy

moleoscopy

morphoscopy

nanoscopy

nasoendoscopy

nasopharyngolaryngoscopy

nauscopy

necroscopy

nephoscopy

nephroscopy

omoplatoscopy

omphaloscopy

oneiroscopy

ophthalmoscopy

organoscopy

ornithoscopy

orthoscopy

osteoscopy

otoscopy

ovarioscopy

palmoscopy

peniscopy

peritoneoscopy

pharyngoesophagoscopy

pharyngoscopy

pleuroscopy

polariscopy

pornoscopy

poroscopy

proctoscopy

pseudoscopy

psychoscopy

ptarmoscopy

pyeloscopy

radioscopy

rectoscopy

retinoscopy

rhinoscopy

salpingoscopy

scatoscopy

sigmoidoscopy

sinoscopy

skiascopy

somatoscopy

spectroscopy

stereoscopy

stroboscopy

tachistoscopy

telescopy

thermoscopy

thoracoscopy

tracheoscopy

trichoscopy

tuboscopy

tympanoscopy

uranoscopy

ureteroscopy

urethroscopy

uroscopy

vaginoscopy

zooscopy

Related terms

• -scope

Translations

observation, viewing

• Catalan: -scòpia (ca) f
• Dutch: -scopie (nl) f
• Finnish: -skopia
• French: -scopie (fr) f
• German: -skopie (de) f
• Greek: -σκοπια (-skopia)
• Irish: -scópacht f
• Italian: -scopia (it)
• Polish: -skopia f
• Portuguese: -scopia f
• Romanian: -scopie f
• Spanish: -scopia (es) f, -scopía f

Anagrams

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