English
rectoscope
From recto- + -scope.
Proto-Italic *rektos
Latin regō ‘to keep or lead straight, to guide’
Latin rēctus ‘right’
Latin rēctō ‘on the right leaf, on the right page’
English recto
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
Late Latin scopus
Italian scopo ‘purpose’
English scope
Today it means
noun A proctoscope.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rectoscope”. 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 / rectoscope