Where does “espia” come from?
espia (Italian) comes from Italian espiare, from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō.
espia (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...
Definitions
- third-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “espia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | espiare | to expiate; to atone |
| 2 | Latin | expio | I make amends or atonement for a crime or a... |
| 3 | Latin | piō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *pīāō | — |