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Where does “inspecter” come from?

inspecter (Latin) comes from Latin inspecto, from Latin specto, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

inspecter (Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “inspecter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininspectoI observe, look at; dative masculine singular of...
2LatinspectoI watch, observe, look at; I test; I consider
3LatinspecioI 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
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