Where does “espécimen” come from?

espécimen (Spanish) comes from Latin specimen, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

espécimen (Spanish): specimen

Definitions

  1. specimen

Ancestry of “espécimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspecimenmark, token, sign, indication; example, pattern,...
2Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →
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