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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian specie, from Latin speciēs. Compare German Spezies, French espèce. Related to specifa (specific). Doublet of spico.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [speˈt͡sio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧o

Noun

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specio (accusative singular specion, plural specioj, accusative plural speciojn)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) species

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti.

Cognates include Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (spasyeiti), and Sanskrit पश्यति (páśyati).

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Verb

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speciō (present infinitive specere, perfect active spexī, supine spectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to observe, watch, look at
    Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, cōnspicor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō

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References

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  • specio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • specio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Venetan

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare Italian specchio.

Noun

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specio m (plural speci)

  1. mirror