Where does “speciaria” come from?

speciaria (Late Latin) comes from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

speciaria (Late Latin): spices; spice trade

Definitions

  1. spices; spice trade

Ancestry of “speciaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
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 “speciaria

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Italic spekjō
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