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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- microscope (n.)
- 1650s, from Mod.L. microscopium, lit. "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Gk. micro- (see micro-) + -skopion, from skopein "to look, see" (see -scope).
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- micro-
- word-forming element meaning "small, microscopic; magnifying; one millionth," from Latinized comb. form of Gk. mikros "small, little, petty, trivial, slight" (see mica).
- word-forming element indicating "an instrument for seeing," from L.L. -scopium, from Gk. -skopion, from skopein "to look at, examine" (see scope (n.1)).
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