Where does “telespettatore” come from?
telespettatore (Italian) comes from Italian spettatore, 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.
telespettatore (Italian): A viewer, a television watcher
Definitions
- A viewer, a television watcher
Ancestry of “telespettatore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spettatore | spectator; bystander, onlooker, witness |
| 2 | Latin | spectātor | — |
| 3 | Latin | spectō | — |
| 4 | Latin | speciō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |