Reconstruction:Latin/spio

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*spicō, *spincō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy, watch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˈpʲo/

Verb

*spiō (present infinitive *spiāre, perfect active *spiāvī, supine *spiātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

spy, espy

Synonyms

speculor

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: apinchî (Lyonnais), epetzi (Swiss)
Old French: espier, aspier, espeier, espoier
- Angevin: échaupier
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: épiger (Berrichon, Bourbonnais)
- Middle French: espier
  - French: épier
    - Haitian Creole: espyon
- Lorrain: h'pié, khpiyé, khpwé
- Norman: êpier
- Picard: èpieu (Athois)
- Walloon: spwè
- → Middle English: aspien, aspyen, espien, espyen, spien
  - English: aspy, espy, spy
  - Scots: aspy, espy, spy
  - → Welsh: sbio, ysbïo
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: espiar
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: espiar
  - Leonese: achisbare
- Old Galician-Portuguese: espiar
  - Galician: espiar
  - Portuguese: espiar
- Spanish: espiar
Italian: spiare
Old Occitan: espingar
- Occitan:
  - Auvergnat: eipïjâ, espïjâ (South), eipijâ, espijâ (Yssingelais), eipïnchâ, espïnchâ (Velay), eipichâ (Gannatois), eipïtâ (Bourbonnaise, Gannatois, West Uplands), ipayà
  - Gascon: aspiar
  - Languedocien: espiar
  - Provençal: espiar (Niçois), espigar
Romanian: spiona
Sardinian: ispiare