Where does “microspia” come from?
microspia (Italian) comes from Italian spia, from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
microspia (Italian): bug
Ancestry of “microspia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spia | spy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,... |
| 2 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spehōną | to peer, look, spy |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |