telescopio

/telesˈkopjo/ · B2 · noun · m

telescope

telescopio — telescope

🔭 telescopio = Greek tele (far) + skopein (look) → far-looker

Same roots as English: tele- means far, as in television and telephone. The -scopio part comes from skopein, to look, as in microscopio. Far + look = telescopio.

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