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