Where does “espectador” come from?

espectador (Galician) comes from Latin spectātor, from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

espectador (Galician): spectator

Definitions

  1. spectator

Ancestry of “espectador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectātorspectator, watcher
2Latinspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider
3Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “espectador”

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