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| Suffixes |
| -cide |
| -cycle |
| -cracy |
| -ic |
| -ism |
| -ist |
| -ography |
| -oid |
| -ology |
| -omics |
| -onomy |
| -onym |
| -philia |
| -phobia |
| -scope |
| -stan |
| -ware |
-scope is a suffix used in English denoting viewing and observing. It derives from the scientific Latin suffix -scopium, meaning a viewing instrument, which in turn originates from the ancient Greek verb skopein, to examine.