Where does “spectatrix” come from?

spectatrix (Latin) comes from Latin spectātor, 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.

spectatrix (Latin): female onlooker, spectator

Definitions

  1. female onlooker, spectator

Ancestry of “spectatrix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspectātorspectator, watcher
2Latinspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider
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 “spectatrix”

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