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Where does “speksi” come from?

speksi (Finnish) comes from Swedish spex, from Swedish spektakel, from Latin spectāculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

speksi (Finnish): spec, specification; A type of interactive...

Definitions

  1. spec, specification; A type of interactive...

Ancestry of “speksi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspex—
2Swedishspektakela show, a theatre play; ridicule, laughing-stock;...
3Latinspectāculum—
4Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
5Proto-Italic-klom—
6Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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