English
cryoscope
Cryoscope comes from Ancient Greek σκοπέω ‘to look, look at, behold’, from σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*speḱ-1‘to see, to look, to observe’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*spéḱyeti1‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*sképt͏̌omai1‘to look at’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκέπτομαι1sképtomai‘to look at, examine’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκοπός1skopós‘watcher, lookout’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκοπέω1skopéō‘to look, look at, behold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895cryoscope1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English cryoscope
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1895, Harry C. Jones, On the Cryoscopic Relations of Dilute Solutions of Cane-Suga: “Since this work was undertaken, Raoult has kindly informed…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*speḱ-Wiktionary, English cryoscope‘to see, to look, to observe’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*spéḱyetiWiktionary, English cryoscope‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*sképt͏̌omaiWiktionary, English cryoscope‘to look at’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκέπτομαιWiktionary, English cryoscopesképtomai‘to look at, examine’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκοπόςWiktionary, English cryoscopeskopós‘watcher, lookout’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκοπέωWiktionary, English cryoscopeskopéō‘to look, look at, behold’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895cryoscopeWiktionary, English cryoscope. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1895, Harry C. Jones, On the Cryoscopic Relations of Dilute Solutions of Cane-Suga: “Since this work was undertaken, Raoult has kindly informed…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
spy, suspicion, espionage, skeptic, inconspicuous, especial, espy, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’
special, despite, specific, respect, species, perspective, aspect, inspector, spectrum, spite, inspection, spice, spectacular, expectation, speculation, specify, specimen, spectacle, inspect, speculative, spectator, speculate, retrospective, conspicuous, retrospect, specter, expectant, circumspect, specious, speculator, specular, 109 more
through Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
through Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
through Ancient Greek σκοπέω ‘to look, look at, behold’
microscope, kaleidoscope, spectroscopic, endoscopic, macroscopic, gyroscope, 83 more
Today it means
noun A device used to measure the freezing point of a liquid (or the melting point of a solid).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “cryoscope”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- / cryoscope