Where does “spico” come from?

spico (Esperanto) comes from English spice, from Middle English spice, from Old French espice, from Late Latin species, from Classical Latin speciēs.

spico (Esperanto): spice

Definitions

  1. spice

Ancestry of “spico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspiceAromatic or pungent plant matter used to season...
2Middle Englishspicespices; A variety, sort, or kind of something; A...
3Old Frenchespicespice
4Late Latinspeciesspice, good, ware; a seeing, view, look; a...
5Classical Latinspeciēs—

Words derived from “spico”

Every word from Classical Latin speciēs →Every word from Late Latin species →Every word from Old French espice →