Where does “espiogiciel” come from?

espiogiciel (French) comes from French logiciel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

espiogiciel (French): spyware

Definitions

  1. spyware

Ancestry of “espiogiciel”, step by step

espiogiciel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French logiciel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlogicielsoftware; computer program, piece of software
2French-ielSuffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...
3French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
4Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via French espion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespionspy
2Middle Frenchespion
3Old Frenchespionspy
4Frankish*spehō
5Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
6Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós