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Where does “perspicuo” come from?

perspicuo (Spanish) comes from Latin perspicuus, 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.

perspicuo (Spanish): perspicuous, clear

Definitions

  1. perspicuous, clear

Ancestry of “perspicuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest,...
2Latinperspiciō—
3Latinspeciō—
4Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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