Where does “Subspezies” come from?

Subspezies (German) comes from German Spezies, 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.

Subspezies (German): subspecies

Definitions

  1. subspecies

Ancestry of “Subspezies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpeziesspecies
2Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →