Where does “auspices” come from?

auspices (Latin) comes from Latin auspex, 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.

auspices (Latin): nominative plural of auspex; accusative plural of...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of auspex; accusative plural of...

Ancestry of “auspices”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauspexan augur; an officiating priest
2Latinavi-spex—
3Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →