Etymology

spectacular

spec·tac·u·lar
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Today it means: Amazing or worthy of special notice. Full definition →

Latin spectaculum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspectaculum“a sight, show”
  2. English todayspectacular

From Latin spectaculum (“a sight, show”) + -ar.

Words from the same roots

Latinspectaculum all →

spectaclespectaculum

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