Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-scopy

/-skəpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: -s-copy
IPA: /-skəpi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

observation, viewing

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scopy From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “to see”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σκοπέω

Phrases

-scope

Frequently Paired Words

-scope

Questions

How do you pronounce -scopy?: The recorded pronunciation is /-skəpi/.
What does -scopy mean?: observation, viewing
Where does -scopy come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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