Reconstruction:Latin/spio
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy, watch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*spiō (present infinitive *spiāre, perfect active *spiāvī, supine *spiātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Franco-Provençal: apinchî (Lyonnais), epetzi (Swiss)
- Old French: espier, aspier; espeier, espoier
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italian: spiare
- Old Occitan: espingar
- Romanian: spiona
- Sardinian: ispiare