Words that come from Latin “spectrum”

107 words across 15 languages descend from Latin spectrum — including spectrum, spectroscopy, spectrometry, spectre, spectrometer, specter, spectroscope, spectrophotometer.

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English (74)

German (9)

Dutch (7)

Czech (3)

Italian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

French (1)

Japanese (1)

Russian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Romanian (1)

Danish (1)

Slovak (1)