Where does “specialmente” come from?

specialmente (Italian) comes from Italian speciale, from Latin specialis, 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.

specialmente (Italian): especially, particularly, mainly

Definitions

  1. especially, particularly, mainly

Ancestry of “specialmente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspecialespecial
2Latinspecialisspecific
3Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
4Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
5Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →