Where does “auspicor” come from?

auspicor (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.

auspicor (Latin): I take the auspices; I begin or undertake under...

Definitions

  1. I take the auspices; I begin or undertake under...

Ancestry of “auspicor”, 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

Words derived from “auspicor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →