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Greek

skopos

watcher or observer

Forms

  • skopos
  • scop- — A Latin-style spelling.
  • scope — An English development in instrument names.

Origin

Related to Greek skopein, “look or examine.”

Note

The watching family also developed words for an aim or object of attention.

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An astrologer examines a circular zodiac chart and looks at a stylized celestial sky, symbolic astrology scene, no forecasts or words, no scientific claim.
noun

horoscope

HOR-uh-skohp/ˈhɔːrəskəʊp/

An astrological chart of celestial positions used to assess someone's life.

Etymology
horoGreekhour; time
+scopeGreekwatcher or observer

The underlying image is watching the hour, especially the hour of someone's birth. Observing celestial positions at that moment provided the diagram used for an astrological forecast.

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