Where does “espèce” come from?

espèce (French) comes from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

espèce (French): type, sort, kind; species; cash, specie, coin

Definitions

  1. type, sort, kind; species; cash, specie, coin

Ancestry of “espèce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
2Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “espèce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →