Where does “перспективан” come from?

перспективан (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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.

перспективан (Serbo-Croatian): promising, up-and-coming

Definitions

  1. promising, up-and-coming

Ancestry of “перспективан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianперспекти́ваperspective
2Medieval Latinperspectivascience of optics
3Latinperspiciōto see through something
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

Words derived from “перспективан

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Italic spekjō