Where does “ethospecies” come from?

ethospecies (English) comes from English Species, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

ethospecies (English): A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour

Definitions

  1. A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour

Ancestry of “ethospecies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpeciesA type or kind. Compare
2Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
3Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →