microscope
/ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp/·마이크로스코프·noun
an instrument for seeing small things
GreekCEFR A2
Root
micro- (small) + Greek 'skopein' (to look)
Modern Latin microscopium (1620s, coined by Giovanni Faber) → English microscope
In a word
micro (small) + scope (look) = 'an instrument for looking at small things'. Galileo's friend Giovanni Faber coined the name in the 1620s. The same scope lives in telescope (looking far) and periscope (looking around). The moment microscope was made, "the small" became a subject for science.
Examples
Look at the cell through the microscope.
The microscope opened a new world of biology.
A school microscope costs a few dollars.
Related
telescopemicrophonemicroscopicscopeperiscope