Where does “spéacla” come from?

spéacla (Irish) comes from Old Irish spécla, from Latin speculum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

spéacla (Irish): eyeglass; eyeglasses, spectacles

Definitions

  1. eyeglass; eyeglasses, spectacles

Ancestry of “spéacla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishspécla—
2Latinspeculuma looking-glass, mirror
3Proto-Italic-klom—
4Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
5Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
6Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “spéacla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic -klom →Every word from Latin speculum →