spy
English
/spaɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spien derived from Old French espier (spy) derived from Frankish *spehōn (spy, watch) derived from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (see, look, spy) derived from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (look, see), *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
- Spygate English
- antispy English
- antispyware English
- auspice English
- bespy English
- boat English
- cam English
- catcher English
- catching English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- counterspy English
- cyberspy English
- despicable English
- especially English
- glass English
- hole English
- hop English
- inspect English
- master English
- mistress English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- plane English
- respite English
- species English
- specimen English
- spiest English
- spieth English
- spyboat English
- spycam English
- spycatcher English
- spycatching English
- spycraft English
- spydom English
- spyess English
- spyglass English
- spyhole English
- spyhop English
- spyism English
- spyless English
- spylike English
- spymaster English
- spymistress English
- spyplane English
- spyproof English
- spyware English
- superspy English
- suspicious English
- *spincō Latin
- *spiāre Latin
- *spiō Latin
- 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
- Späher German
- erspähen German
- spähen German
- microspia Italian
- radiospia Italian
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- spia Italian
- spione Italian
- telespia Italian
- bespieden Dutch, Flemish
- spieden Dutch, Flemish
- espiar Spanish, Castilian
- espía Spanish, Castilian
- spyware Spanish, Castilian
- σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *skep-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spéḱyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *spₔḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- spyware Portuguese
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- スパイ Japanese
- スパイウェア Japanese
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- स्पश् Sanskrit
- spien Middle English
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- spyware Czech
- espier Old French
- spajver Serbo-Croatian
- спајвер Serbo-Croatian
- espía Galician
- espiya Cebuano
- bespien Middle Dutch
- spien Middle Dutch
- սպաս Old Armenian
- êpier Norman
- shoh Albanian
- espier Middle French
- *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 Gothic
- *spion Old Dutch
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- spyware Slovak
- 스파이 Korean
- 스파이웨어 Korean
- *spehōn Frankish
- *spáṭṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- baiklaaj Marshallese
- espia Old Spanish
- spiari Sicilian
- spia Breton
- *sākska Proto-Albanian
- hop
- cam
- hole
- boat
- glass
- bespy
- plane
- spiest
- spydom
- master
- spyism
- spycam
- spyhop
- spieth
- spyess
- auspice
- Spygate
- catcher
- spyless
- spyware
- species
- spylike
- antispy
- spyhole
- inspect
- respite
- spyboat
- spyplane
- spyglass
- spyproof
- cyberspy
- mistress
- specimen
- spycraft
- catching
- superspy
- spymaster
- conspectus
- spycatcher
- especially
- suspicious
- despicable
- counterspy
- conspicuous
- perspicuous
- antispyware
- spymistress
- spycatching
- perspicacious