Where does “auspex” come from?

auspex (Latin) comes from Latin avi-spex, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

auspex (Latin): an augur; an officiating priest

Definitions

  1. an augur; an officiating priest

Ancestry of “auspex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavi-spex—
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 “auspex”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →