English
telemicroscope
From tele- + microscope.
A compound of tele- + microscope
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’
Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’
English tele-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
Ancient Greek σκοπέω ‘to look, look at, behold’
Latin mīcroscopium
Italian microscopio
English microscope
Today it means
noun Any of several optical instruments that combine the functions of a telescope and microscope e.g. projecting a microscope image onto a screen.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “telemicroscope”. 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 / telemicroscope