English
Spygate
From spy + -gate.
Formed from spy + -gate
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to look’
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Frankish *spehōn ‘to spy’
Vulgar Latin *spiō ‘to spy, espy’
Old French espier ‘to spy’
Middle English spien
English spy
Today it means
name The 2007 National Football League videotaping controversy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spygate