Where does “Spezerei” come from?
Spezerei (German) comes from Middle High German specierīe, from Italian spezieria, from Italian spezia, from Italian spezie, from German Spezies, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō — to see, to look, to observe.
Spezerei (German): spices from overseas; delicacy
Definitions
- spices from overseas; delicacy
Ancestry of “Spezerei”, step by step
Spezerei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German specierīe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | specierīe | — |
| 2 | Italian | spezieria | grocer's (shop); grocery |
| 3 | Italian | spezia | singular of spezie; a spice; third-person... |
| 4 | Italian | spezie | spices |
| 5 | German | Spezies | species |
| 6 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 7 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Italian spezierie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spezierie | plural of spezieria |