spectator

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English word spectator comes from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-, and later Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti (To be looking at, to keep looking at.)

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*speḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to look

*spéḱyeti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be looking at, to keep looking at.

*spekjō (Proto-Italic)

To observe, to see.

specio (Latin)

I observe, watch, look at.

spectator (Latin)

Spectator, watcher.

spectator (English)

One who watches an event; especially, one held outdoors.

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