hypnoscope etymology

English word hypnoscope comes from English -scope, English hypno- (Hypnosis. Sleep.)

Detailed word origin of hypnoscope

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-scope English (eng) Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
hypno- English (eng) Hypnosis. Sleep.
hypnoscope English (eng) (dated) An instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.

Words with the same origin as hypnoscope

Descendants of -scope
Teslascope angioscope antroscope bioscope chromascope cymoscope embryoscope endoscope finderscope fluoroscopically hydroscope kaleidoscope laryngoscope leucoscope nightscope oscilloscope periscope pharyngoscope polemoscope pseudoscope spectroscope spectroscopic binary spiroscope thermoscopic
Descendants of hypno-
Rohypnol hypnic hypnoanalysis hypnoanalyst hypnoanalytic hypnoanalytical hypnobirthing hypnocyst hypnodomme hypnofetish hypnogenic hypnogram hypnology hypnophobia hypnorape hypnosedation hypnosedative hypnoseduction hypnotherapeutic hypnotherapeutically hypnotherapist hypnotherapy hypnozoite roofie