Where does “extispex” come from?

extispex (English) comes from Latin extispex, from Latin -spex.

extispex (English): Somebody who predicts the future using entrails

Definitions

  1. Somebody who predicts the future using entrails

Ancestry of “extispex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextispexa diviner who reads prophesies from the entrails of animals; a soothsayer
2Latin-spex—
Every word from Latin -spex →Every word from Latin extispex →