Etymograph

English

prospekt

Prospekt comes from German Prospekt ‘brochure’, from Latin prōspectus ‘view, sight’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*speḱ-‘to see, to look, to observe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*spéḱyeti‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*spekjō‘to observe, see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspeciō‘to observe, watch, look at’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōspiciō‘to look far off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōspectus‘view, sight’
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentProspekt‘brochure’
  8. Russianmodernпроспе́ктprospékt
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1874prospekt

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*speḱ-‘to see, to look, to observe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*spéḱyeti‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*spekjō‘to observe, see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspeciō‘to observe, watch, look at’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōspiciō‘to look far off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōspectus‘view, sight’
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentProspekt‘brochure’
  8. Russianmodernпроспе́ктprospékt
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1874prospekt

Earliest quotation: 1874, Maria Guthrie, London: Hurst and Blackett: “It is not a fashionable quarter, but it contains…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’

spy, suspicion, espionage, microscope, skeptic, kaleidoscope, espy, gyroscope, 112 more

through Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at, to keep looking at’

scope, skeptical, endoscopic, macroscopic, spectroscopic, 110 more

through Proto-Italic *spekjō ‘to observe, see’

speculation, speculative, speculate, inconspicuous, especial, specular, 22 more

through Latin speciō ‘to observe, watch, look at’

special, despite, specific, respect, species, perspective, aspect, inspector, spectrum, expectation, inspection, spite, spectacular, spice, specify, specimen, spectacle, inspect, conspicuous, spectator, retrospective, expectant, specter, retrospect, circumspect, speculator, specious, 25 more

Today it means

noun In Russia, a broad, multilane and very long straight street in urban areas, which serves as an arterial road.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- / prospekt

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