Etymology of the French word espion
the Old French word
espionderived from the Old Italian word
spionederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spek-derived from the Frankishne root
*spehoDate
The earliest known usage of espion in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
espionner,
espionnite,
contre-espionDerivations in other languages
Spanish
espiónCognates
Dutch
spion, English
spy, German
Spion, Norwegian
spion, Russian
шпиoн, Spanish
espion, Swedish
spionUsage
Word found in Old French
