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