English
projectoscope
From project + -o- + -scope.
Formed from project + -o- + -scope
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
Latin iaciō ‘throw’
Latin prōiciō ‘throw forth’
Latin prōiectus ‘discharged’
English project
Today it means
noun A kind of kinetoscope, a device for exhibiting motion pictures.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “projectoscope”. 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 / projectoscope