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Where does “cyberespionnage” come from?

cyberespionnage (French) comes from French espionnage, from French espionner, from French espion, from Middle French espion, from Old French espion, from Frankish *spehō, from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną — to see, to look, to observe.

cyberespionnage (French): cyberespionage

Definitions

  1. cyberespionage

Ancestry of “cyberespionnage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespionnageespionage; spying
2Frenchespionnerto spy
3Frenchespionspy
4Middle Frenchespion—
5Old Frenchespionspy
6Frankish*spehō—
7Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
8Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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