especial
English
/ɛsˈpɛʃəl/
adj
Definitions
- Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
- Particular.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English especial derived from Old French especial derived from Latin specialis root from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (look, see).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Gloss
look, see
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispecial English
- auspice English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- especialness English
- hyperspecial English
- inspect English
- nonspecial English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- respite English
- special English
- specialism English
- speciality English
- specialize English
- specially English
- specialness English
- specialogue English
- species English
- specimen English
- superspecial English
- suspicious English
- unspecial English
- aspectus Latin
- auspex Latin
- auspicium Latin
- circumspecto Latin
- circumspectō Latin
- conspectus Latin
- conspicuus Latin
- cōnspicuus Latin
- dēspicere Latin
- expectāre Latin
- perspicax Latin
- perspicio Latin
- perspicācitās Latin
- prospectus Latin
- respectus Latin
- retrōspectum Latin
- specialis Latin
- species Latin
- speciālis Latin
- speciēs Latin
- speciōsus Latin
- spectaculum Latin
- spectator Latin
- spectrum Latin
- spectāculum Latin
- speculum Latin
- speculātus Latin
- specus Latin
- suspectus Latin
- suspiciō, suspicio, suspiciōnem Latin
- spezial German
- speziell German
- speciális Hungarian
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- spione Italian
- special Dutch, Flemish
- σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *skep-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spéḱyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *spₔḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- スペシャル Japanese
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- *special Middle English
- especial Middle English
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- especial Old French
- especialment Old French
- bespien Middle Dutch
- սպաս Old Armenian
- ရှယ် Burmese
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- spesol Tok Pisin
- spéshelígíí Navajo, Navaho