polariscope

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os

Proto-Hellenic *pólos

Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der.

Latin polus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Late Latin polārislbor.

English polar

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

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 -scope

English polariscope

From polar + -scope.

Noun

polariscope (plural polariscopes)

1. A polarimeter.

Derived terms

• polariscopic
• polariscopist
• polariscopy
• spectropolariscope
• telepolariscope

Anagrams

• procolipase

French

Noun

polariscope m (plural polariscopes)

1. polariscope

Further reading

• “polariscope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012