Latin
spectō
‘to watch, observe, look at, consider’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin spectō.
10 English words in this record descend from Latin spectō, most familiar first.
- spectacular ← spectaculum
- expectation ← exspectātiō ← exspectō
- spectacle ← spectāculum
- spectator
- expectant ← exspectans ← exspectō
- circumspect ← circumspectō
- spectant ← spectans
- spectaculum
- spectation ← spectatio
- spectatrix ← spectātor
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Etymograph / Latin spectō