Where does “spice” come from?

spice (Middle English) comes from Old French espice, from Late Latin species, from Classical Latin speciēs.

spice (Middle English): spices; A variety, sort, or kind of something; A...

Definitions

  1. spices; A variety, sort, or kind of something; A...

Ancestry of “spice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchespicespice
2Late Latinspeciesspice, good, ware; a seeing, view, look; a...
3Classical Latinspeciēs—

Words derived from “spice”

Every word from Classical Latin speciēs →Every word from Late Latin species →Every word from Old French espice →