Where does “speculatie” come from?
speculatie (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch speculacie, from Latin speculātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
speculatie (Dutch): speculation, conjecture; financial speculation
Definitions
- speculation, conjecture; financial speculation
Ancestry of “speculatie”, step by step
speculatie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch speculacie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | speculacie | — |
| 2 | Latin | speculātiō | watching, spying |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French spéculation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | spéculation | speculation |
| 2 | Late Latin | speculatio | watching, spying; inspection, scrutiny;... |
| 3 | Latin | speculor | I watch, I observe; I examine, I explore; I spy |
| 4 | Latin | specula | watchtower, lookout; nominative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |