Where does “бесперспективан” come from?
бесперспективан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian перспективан, from Serbo-Croatian перспекти́ва, 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.
бесперспективан (Serbo-Croatian): not perspective, unpromising
Definitions
- not perspective, unpromising
Ancestry of “бесперспективан”, step by step
бесперспективан traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian перспективан
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | перспективан | promising, up-and-coming |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | перспекти́ва | perspective |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | perspectiva | science of optics |
| 4 | Latin | perspiciō | to see through something |
| 5 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |