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telescopium.

telescope;

11 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[teː.ɫɛˈskɔ.pi.ũː]Classical-Latin[te.leˈskɔː.pi.um]
  1. telescope

    New-Latin · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. Italian tèle- 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 ▲ 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. Latin -scopiumder. Italian -scòpio ▲ Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos)influ. Italian tèlescòpiobor. Latin tēlescopium Coined by Italian polymath Galileo Galilei in 1611 (although he did not invent the device) as Italian tèlescòpio, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”).

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