épier
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to spy on, keep an eye on, watch
- (transitive) to watch for
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French espier inherited from Old French espier (spy) inherited from Latin *spiāre derived from Frankish *spehōn (spy, watch) derived from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (see, look, spy) derived 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
- auspice English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- inspect English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- respite English
- species English
- specimen English
- suspicious English
- *spincō Latin
- *spiāre Latin
- *spiō Latin
- 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
- speciēs Latin
- speciōsus Latin
- spectaculum Latin
- spectator Latin
- spectrum Latin
- spectāculum Latin
- speculum Latin
- speculātus Latin
- specus Latin
- suspectus Latin
- suspiciō, suspicio, suspiciōnem Latin
- Späher German
- erspähen German
- spähen German
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- spiare Italian
- spione Italian
- spieden Dutch, Flemish
- espiar Spanish, Castilian
- 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
- espiar Portuguese
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- spien Middle English
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- espier Old French
- espia Catalan, Valencian
- espiar Catalan, Valencian
- espiar Galician
- bespien Middle Dutch
- spien Middle Dutch
- սպաս Old Armenian
- êpier Norman
- espier Middle French
- *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 Gothic
- *spion Old Dutch
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *spehōn Frankish
- spia Breton