Where does “perspektywa” come from?

perspektywa (Polish) comes from Medieval Latin perspectiva, from Latin perspiciō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

perspektywa (Polish): perspective

Definitions

  1. perspective

Ancestry of “perspektywa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinperspectivascience of optics
2Latinperspiciōto see through something
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →