Where does “perspicience” come from?
perspicience (English) comes from Latin perspicientia, from Latin perspiciens, from Latin perspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
perspicience (English): The act of looking sharply; keen vision
Definitions
- The act of looking sharply; keen vision
Ancestry of “perspicience”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perspicientia | nominative neuter plural of perspiciēns;... |
| 2 | Latin | perspiciens | perceiving |
| 3 | Latin | perspicere | present active infinitive of perspiciō;... |
| 4 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 5 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |