espier

Old French

verb

Definitions

to watch

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *spiō derived from Frankish *spehōn (spy, watch).

Origin

Frankish

*spehōn

Gloss

spy, watch

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

偵

Emoji

⌚️

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

spy English
*spincō Latin
*spiāre Latin
*spiō Latin
spiare Italian
épier French
espiar Spanish, Castilian
espiar Portuguese
*spehōną Proto-Germanic
spien Middle English
espiar Catalan, Valencian
espiar Galician
êpier Norman
êpieux Norman
espier Middle French
*spehōn Frankish
spia Breton