Etymology

spectaculum

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Today it means: A spectacle. Full definition →

Latin spectāculum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromspectāculum
  2. English todayspectaculum

From Latin spectāculum. Doublet of spectacle.

Words from the same roots

Latinspectāculum all →

spectacularspectacle

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.