Where does “espia” come from?

espia (Italian) comes from Italian espiare, from Latin expio, from Latin piō, from Proto-Italic *pīāō — to expiate.

espia (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “espia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianespiareto expiate; to atone
2LatinexpioI make amends or atonement for a crime or a...
3Latinpiōto appease, propitiate
4Proto-Italic*pīāōto expiate
Every word from Proto-Italic *pīāō →Every word from Latin piō →Every word from Latin expio →