Where does “espieta” come from?
espieta (Catalan) comes from Catalan espiar, from Vulgar Latin spiare, from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
espieta (Catalan): spy; informant, snitch, tattler
Definitions
- spy; informant, snitch, tattler
Ancestry of “espieta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | espiar | to spy |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | spiare | present active infinitive of *spiō |
| 3 | Frankish | spehōn | to spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spehōną | to peer, look, spy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |