periscope=بيريسكوب
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ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
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periscope
(n.)
- viewing apparatus on a submarine,
1899, formed in English from peri-
"around" + -scope
"instrument for viewing." Earlier (1865) a technical term
in photography. Related: Periscopic.
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peri-
- word-forming element meaning
"around, about, enclosing," from Gk. peri (prep.)
"around, about, beyond," cognate with Skt. pari "around,
about, through," L. per (see per).
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-scope
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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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