Where does “spio” come from?

spio (Vulgar Latin) comes from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spio (Vulgar Latin): to spy, espy; I spy; I espy

Definitions

  1. to spy, espy; I spy; I espy

Ancestry of “spio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
2Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spehōną →Every word from Frankish spehōn →
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