perspicacity
English
/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ə.tiː/, /ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ə.tiː/
noun
Definitions
- Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
- The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
- (obsolete) Keen eyesight.
Etymology
Suffix from English perspicacious derived from Middle French perspicacité derived from Latin perspicācitās (discrimination, sharpsightedness) root from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (look, see).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Gloss
look, see
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auspice English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- inspect English
- perspicacious English
- perspicaciously English
- perspicaciousness English
- perspicuous English
- respite English
- species English
- specimen English
- suspicious English
- aspectus Latin
- auspex Latin
- auspicium Latin
- circumspecto Latin
- circumspectō Latin
- conspectus Latin
- conspicuus Latin
- cōnspicuus Latin
- dēspicere Latin
- expectāre Latin
- perspicax Latin
- perspicio Latin
- perspicācitās Latin
- prospectus Latin
- respectus Latin
- retrōspectum Latin
- specialis Latin
- species Latin
- speciēs Latin
- speciōsus Latin
- spectaculum Latin
- spectator Latin
- spectrum Latin
- spectāculum Latin
- speculum Latin
- speculātus Latin
- specus Latin
- suspectus Latin
- suspiciō, suspicio, suspiciōnem Latin
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- spione Italian
- perspicacité French
- σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *skep-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spéḱyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *spₔḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- bespien Middle Dutch
- սպաս Old Armenian
- perspicacité Middle French
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian