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单词 Indo-European root: spek-
释义
‌‌spek-
To observe. Oldest form *spek̑‑, becoming *spek‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include espionage, spectrum, despise, suspect, despicable, bishop, and telescope.
  1. Basic form *spek‑.
      1. espy, spy, from Old French espier, to watch;
      2. espionage, from Old Italian spione, spy, from Germanic derivative *speh-ōn‑, watcher. Both a and b from Germanic *spehōn.
    1. Suffixed form *spek-yo‑. specimen, spectacle, spectrum, speculate, speculum, spice; aspect, circumspect, conspicuous, despise, expect, frontispiece, inspect, introspect, perspective, perspicacious, prospect, respect, respite, retrospect, spiegeleisen, suspect, transpicuous, from Latin specere, to look at.
    2. species, specious; especial, from Latin speciēs, a seeing, sight, form.
    3. Suffixed form *spek-s, "he who sees," in Latin compounds.
      1. Latin extispex (see sek-);
      2. Latin haruspex (see gherə-);
      3. Latin auspex (see awi-).
    4. Suffixed form *spek-ā‑. despicable, from Latin (denominative) dēspicārī, to despise, look down on (dē‑, down; see de-).
    5. Suffixed metathetical form *skep-yo‑. skeptic, from Greek skeptesthai, to examine, consider.
  2. Extended o-grade form *spoko‑. scope, -scope, -scopy; bishop, episcopal, horoscope, telescope, from metathesized Greek skopos, one who watches, also object of attention, goal, and its denominative skopein (< *skop-eyo‑), to see.
[Pokorny spek̑‑ 984.]
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