Etymology of the English word spicy
the English word
spicyderived from the English word
spicederived from the Old French word
espicederived from the Late Latin word
species (sight, appearance, show)
derived from the Latin word
specere (to look at; look at, see)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spek-using the English suffix
-yUsage
Word found in Modern English