spice
English
/spaɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
- (figurative) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
- (uncountable) A synthetic cannabinoid drug.
- (uncountable) Sweets, candy.
- (obsolete) Species; kind.
- A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.
- An aromatic odour.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spice derived from Old French espice derived from Latin speciēs (kind, type, appearance, sort), speciēs (kind, type, appearance, sort) 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
- Montreal English
- Montreal steak spice English
- auspice English
- berry English
- bespice English
- box English
- bush English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- inspect English
- nonspicy English
- nut English
- overspice English
- overspicy English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- pond English
- pondspice English
- respite English
- species English
- specimen English
- spiceberry English
- spicebox English
- spicebush English
- spiceful English
- spiceless English
- spicelessness English
- spicelike English
- spicen English
- spicenut English
- spicer English
- spicery English
- spiceth English
- spicewise English
- spicewood English
- spicily English
- spiciness English
- spicy English
- steak English
- suspicious English
- unspicy English
- wood 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
- speciaria Latin
- species Latin
- specificus Latin
- speciosus 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
- Spezies German
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- specie Italian
- spione Italian
- specie Dutch, Flemish
- espèce French
- épice French
- especie Spanish, Castilian
- 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
- spice Middle English
- spicen Middle English
- spicer Middle English
- spicerie Middle English
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- espice Old French
- especie Galician
- bespien Middle Dutch
- sp. Translingual
- սպաս Old Armenian
- spìosrach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nut
- box
- bush
- pond
- wood
- berry
- steak
- spicy
- spicer
- spicen
- auspice
- species
- bespice
- spiceth
- spicery
- inspect
- unspicy
- respite
- spicily
- spiceful
- nonspicy
- Montreal
- specimen
- spicebox
- spicenut
- spicewise
- spicelike
- pondspice
- spicebush
- spiciness
- overspice
- overspicy
- spiceless
- spicewood
- conspectus
- especially
- suspicious
- despicable
- spiceberry
- conspicuous
- perspicuous
- spicelessness
- perspicacious
- Montreal steak spice