Specere in Latin is an archaic verb meaning "to look at". It is the source of the more common verb with this meaning, spectare.
The verbal ending -tare is what is known as a "frequentative" ending, which conveys the idea of performing the action of the base verb frequently or repeatedly. Thus, for example, dicere is "to say"; dictare is "to say often; to assert repeatedly". In many cases a verb that is frequentative in form loses that nuance, becomes more or less synonymous with the base verb, and then edges it out. This is what happened with specere and spectare. Another example is canere and cantare, both meaning "to sing"; it is the frequentative form that survived and gave rise to the modern Romance verbs for singing, such as French chanter, Spanish cantar, Italian cantare.
To observe, to watch, to look at.
A simple definition of specere is to look.
Species is a late Middle English word that comes from the Latin word species, which meant appearance. That word was rooted in the Latin specere, which meant to look.
Species is a late Middle English word that comes from the Latin word species, which meant appearance. That word was rooted in the Latin specere, which meant to look.
It comes from the combination of the prefix pro- which means "for", and the Latin verb specio, specere which means "to look".
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The base word "spec" comes from the Latin word "specere," meaning "to look" or "to see." It is often used in words related to looking, observing, examining, or considering, such as "inspect," "spectacle," or "perspective."
in Latin the word Species mean "kind"Species (-ei, f.) is a Latin noun derived from the verb specere, "to look at". Originally it meant "a sight" or "a view"; later "outward appearance; shape; form" and ultimately "kind; type".
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The Latin is Perspicere, to inspect or look through. Made up of 'per' meaning through and 'specere' meaning look at
I don't believe it has a word it is based on, (i.e. perspect is not a word) however the roots in it come from are latin per-through and specere-look/look at
The root in "species" comes from the Latin word "specere" which means "to look at" or "to see." This root reflects the idea that a species is a group of organisms that share common characteristics and can be observed and distinguished as a separate entity.