Where does “espacial” come from?

espacial (Portuguese) comes from English spatial, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

espacial (Portuguese): spatial

Definitions

  1. spatial

Ancestry of “espacial”, step by step

espacial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spatial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspatialPertaining to space
2LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via French spatial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspatialspatial
2French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “espacial”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁- →Every word from Latin spatium →