Where does “perspetiva” come from?

perspetiva (Portuguese) 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.

perspetiva (Portuguese): Alternative form of perspectiva

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of perspectiva

Ancestry of “perspetiva”, 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

Words derived from “perspetiva”

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