myEtymology.com: English etymology of perspicacious

Etymology of the English word perspicacious

the English word perspicacious

using the English suffix -ous

derived from the Latin suffix -osus

derived from the Latin word perspicax (observant, attentive to what is going on; having keen)

derived from the Late Latin word perspicere (see through; examine; observe)

using the Late Latin prefix per-

derived from the Latin word per (through)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

derived from the Latin word spicere (look at, see)

derived from the Latin word specere (to look at; look at, see)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *spek-

derived from the English word perspicacity

Word found in Modern English