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Where does “expectandus” come from?

expectandus (Latin) comes from Latin expecto, 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.

expectandus (Latin): Alternative form of exspectandus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of exspectandus

Ancestry of “expectandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexpectoAlternative form of exspectō
2Latinspectō—
3Latinspeciō—
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- →