Where does “spécimen” come from?

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

spécimen (French): specimen

Definitions

  1. specimen

Ancestry of “spécimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspecimenmark, token, sign, indication; example, pattern,...
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 “spécimen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →