specula.
lookout; watch tower, raised structure/high place for it; observing, spying on; slight hope, glimmer/ray of hope; (long e);
Meaning & usage
watchtower, lookout
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Old Latin speciō Latin specula From Old Latin speciō + -ula (diminutive suffix) or -ula (instrument suffix); it is disputed whether these suffixes have the same ultimate origin. Compare speculum (“mirror”) (with similar formation, but different meaning and gender) and scopulus, from the same root, but through Ancient Greek.
slight hope
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s Proto-Italic *spēs Latin spēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin spēcula From spēs + -culus.
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of speculum
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