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Origin and history of spectroscope

spectroscope(n.)

"instrument used to produce a spectrum of light," 1861, from spectro- + -scope. A Greek-Latin hybrid, both elements from the same PIE root. Related: Spectroscopic; spectroscopy.

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word-forming element indicating "an instrument for seeing," from Late Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein "to look at, examine" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe").

word-forming element used since c. 1880 and meaning "of or by a spectroscope," also "of radiant energy," from combining form of spectrum (q.v.).

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