Where does “specios” come from?

specios (Romanian) comes from French spécieux, from Latin speciosus, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

specios (Romanian): specious

Definitions

  1. specious

Ancestry of “specios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspécieuxspecious
2Latinspeciosusgood-looking, handsome, beautiful; splendid,...
3Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
4Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
5Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Italic spekjō