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Where does “spettatore” come from?

spettatore (Italian) comes from Latin spectātor, 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.

spettatore (Italian): spectator; bystander, onlooker, witness

Definitions

  1. spectator; bystander, onlooker, witness

Ancestry of “spettatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectātor—
2Latinspectō—
3Latinspeciō—
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spettatore”

  • telespettatore
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