Where does “aspect” come from?
aspect (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch aspect, from Middle French aspect, from Latin aspectus, from Latin aspiciō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
aspect (Dutch): aspect, element; aspect, appearance; aspect
Definitions
- aspect, element; aspect, appearance; aspect
Ancestry of “aspect”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | aspect | — |
| 2 | Middle French | aspect | — |
| 3 | Latin | aspectus | The act of seeing or looking at something; look,... |
| 4 | Latin | aspiciō | to look at, towards, or upon; behold, gaze at or upon; view, see, examine, survey, inspect, investigate; regard, respect, admire, look to |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |