Where does “speculate” come from?
speculate (Italian) comes from Italian speculare, from Latin speculor, from Latin specula, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.
speculate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “speculate”, step by step
speculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian speculare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | speculare | mirror; specular |
| 2 | Latin | speculor | I watch, I observe; I examine, I explore; I spy |
| 3 | Latin | specula | watchtower, lookout; nominative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Italian speculato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | speculato | past participle of speculare |