scope
σκοπεῖν (skopein)
means “to look at, examine”
Scope means look. A microscope looks at small things; a periscope looks around.
Words built on scope
- microscope: a tool for looking at tiny things (micro + scope)
- periscope: a tube for looking around from below (peri + scope)
- horoscope: a 'look at the hour' you were born (horo + scope)
The Texas version
Deer season scope on a rifle? Same Greek word: a thing to look through.
Practice it in Skepsis
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