Where does “specullector” come from?
specullector (English) comes from English collector, from Middle English collectour, from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Latin collector, from Latin colligō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
specullector (English): A buyer of art that speculates on its rising value
Definitions
- A buyer of art that speculates on its rising value
Ancestry of “specullector”, step by step
specullector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collector
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collector | A person who or thing that collects, or which... |
| 2 | Middle English | collectour | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | collectour | — |
| 4 | Latin | collector | fellow student |
| 5 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English speculator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speculator | One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator;... |
| 2 | Latin | speculator | spy, scout; explorer, investigator; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | speculor | I watch, I observe; I examine, I explore; I spy |
| 4 | Latin | specula | watchtower, lookout; nominative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |