Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
‘to see, to look, to observe’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-.
159 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-, most familiar first.
- special ← especial ← speciālis ← speciēs ← speciō
- respect ← respectus ← respiciō ← speciō ← *spekjō
- specific ← specifique ← specificus ← speciēs ← speciō
- despite ← despit ← despit ← dēspectum ← dēspiciō
- species ← speciō ← *spekjō ← *spéḱyeti
- perspective ← perspectiva ars ← perspectivus ← perspectus ← perspicere
- aspect ← aspectus ← aspiciō ← speciō ← *spekjō
- scope ← scopo ← scopus ← σκοπός ← σκέπτομαι
- spectrum ← speciō ← *spekjō ← *spéḱyeti
- inspector ← īnspiciō ← speciō ← *spekjō ← *spéḱyeti
- spy ← spien ← espier ← *spiō ← *spehōn
- inspection ← inspeccion ← īnspectiō ← īnspiciō ← speciō
More words from *speḱ-
- spectacular
- spite
- expectation
- speculation
- suspicion
- spice
- specify
- specimen
- skeptical
- inspect
- spectacle
- spectator
- speculative
- microscope
- retrospective
- speculate
- espionage
- conspicuous
- retrospect
- specter
- expectant
- skeptic
- kaleidoscope
- inconspicuous
- spectroscopic
- especial
- endoscopic
- macroscopic
- gyroscope
- circumspect
- specious
- speculator
- espy
- specular
- microscopical
- prospekt
- perspicacity
- macroscopically
- perspicacious
- mesoscopic
- bioscope
- borescope
- bronchoscope
- telescopically
- perspicuous
- chronoscope
- haruspex
- perspicuity
- aeroscope
- amnioscope
- amblyoscope
- ambispective
- anorthoscopic
- anorthoscope
- angioscope
- anemoscope
- anomaloscope
- anoscope
- antroscope
- antroscopic
- anascopic
- aspectable
- aspection
- astroscope
- astroscopic
- autophonoscope
- baroscope
- baroscopic
- bioscopy
- cardioscope
- cardioscopic
- cephaloscopic
- chromatoscope
- choledochoscope
- chromoscope
- chronoscopic
- colonoscope
- conspection
- coproscopic
- colonofibroscopic
- cryoscope
- cryoscopic
- cryptoscope
- cryomacroscopic
- culdoscope
- cyclonoscope
- debusscope
- electroscopic
- fibroscopic
- fibrobronchoscopic
- foetoscopic
- foetoscopically
- gonioscopy
- gonioscope
- gonioscopic
- gonioscopically
- haruspicy
- hysteroscopic
- macroscopicity
- megascopic
- mesoscopically
- megalethoscope
- megascopically
- milliscopic
- monoscopic
- monoscopically
- multiscopic
- necroscopic
- nontelescopic
- orthoscopic
- perspectograph
- perspicil
- perspicable
- photoscopic
- phototelescopic
- photoscopically
- épicier
- pleuroscopic
- polyscopic
- pretelescopic
- proctoscopic
- prospicuous
- proctoscopically
- prospekty
- radioscopic
- radiotelescopic
- radioscopically
- retroperitoneoscopic
- scopophilia
- scopophile
- scopophilism
- semimacroscopic
- sigmoidoscopic
- somatoscopic
- spae
- speciosity
- speculatory
- spectant
- spectaculum
- speculatrix
- specillum
- spectation
- specifical
- spectatrix
- submacroscopic
- transpeciate
- videoscopic
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-