释义 |
spek- To observe. Oldest form *spek̑‑, becoming *spek‑ in centum languages. Derivatives include espionage, spectrum, despise, suspect, despicable, bishop, and telescope.- Basic form *spek‑.
- espy, spy, from Old French espier, to watch;
- espionage, from Old Italian spione, spy, from Germanic derivative *speh-ōn‑, watcher. Both a and b from Germanic *spehōn.
- 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.
- species, specious; especial, from Latin speciēs, a seeing, sight, form.
- Suffixed form *spek-s, "he who sees," in Latin compounds.
- Latin extispex (see sek-);
- Latin haruspex (see gherə-);
- Latin auspex (see awi-).
- Suffixed form *spek-ā‑. despicable, from Latin (denominative) dēspicārī, to despise, look down on (dē‑, down; see de-).
- Suffixed metathetical form *skep-yo‑. skeptic, from Greek skeptesthai, to examine, consider.
- 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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