Where does “morphospecies” come from?

morphospecies (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.

morphospecies (English): A species distinguished from others only by its...

Definitions

  1. A species distinguished from others only by its...

Ancestry of “morphospecies”, 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 →