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Where does “spia” come from?

spia (Italian) comes from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spia (Italian): spy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,...

Definitions

  1. spy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,...

Ancestry of “spia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰—
2Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spia”

  • espionage
  • counterespionage
  • antiespionage
  • cyberespionage
  • espiocrat
  • counter-espionage
  • microspia
  • spioncello
  • spia
  • spione
  • radiospia
  • spiare
  • cyberspione
  • espion
  • шпион
  • espionner
  • espionnage
  • contrespionnage
  • espion
  • cyberespionnage
  • spionieren
  • Spion
  • espião
  • spion
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