Where does “spectāculum” come from?

spectāculum (Latin) comes 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.

spectāculum (Latin): show, spectacle

Definitions

  1. show, spectacle

Ancestry of “spectāculum”, step by step

spectāculum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin spectō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider
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

via Latin spectāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectāre—

Words derived from “spectāculum”

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