English
macroscope
From macro- + -scope.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
Ancient Greek σκοπός ‘watcher, lookout’
Late Latin scopus
Italian scopo ‘purpose’
English scope
Today it means
noun A wide-field imaging device
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macroscope