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especular.

to speculate

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/is.pe.kuˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[is.pe.kuˈla(h)]Brazil/es.pe.kuˈla(ʁ)/Brazil[es.pe.kuˈla(h)]Brazil

  1. to speculate

  2. to investigate, to search

  3. to spy

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 Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin speculārīlbor. Portuguese especular Learned borrowing from Latin speculārī.

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