English
microscopically
From microscopic + -ally.
A compound of microscope + -ic + microscopic
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’
Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai ‘to look at’
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
Ancient Greek σκοπέω ‘to look, look at, behold’
Latin mīcroscopium ‘microscope’
Italian microscopio ‘microscope’
English microscope
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’
Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai ‘to look at’
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
Ancient Greek σκοπέω ‘to look, look at, behold’
Latin mīcroscopium ‘microscope’
Italian microscopio ‘microscope’
English microscope
English microscopic
Today it means
adv In a microscopic manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “microscopically”. 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 / microscopically