Where does “spettare” come from?

spettare (Italian) comes from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spettare (Italian): to be up to; to be due

Definitions

  1. to be up to; to be due

Ancestry of “spettare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider
2Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spettare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →