Where does “spectatress” come from?
spectatress (English) comes from English spectator, from Latin spectātor, from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
spectatress (English): A female spectator
Definitions
- A female spectator
Ancestry of “spectatress”, step by step
spectatress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spectator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spectator | One who watches an event; especially, one held... |
| 2 | Latin | spectātor | spectator, watcher |
| 3 | Latin | spectō | to watch, observe, look at, consider |
| 4 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |