Etymology of the English word oscilloscope
the English word
oscilloscopeusing the English suffix
-scopederived from the Latin suffix
-scopusderived from the Greek suffix
-skopos, -σκοπος, -σκόπος
derived from the English word
oscillatederived from the Late Latin word
oscillatioderived from the Late Latin word
oscillarederived from the Latin word
oscillum (small face; small mouth; swing)
derived from the Latin word
os (oris, mouth; bone; bones; mouth, speech, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*os-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ost-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ōs-Usage
Word found in Modern English
