Etymology

speculation

spec·u·la·tion
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Today it means: The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject. Full definition →

Middle English speculacioun ← Old French speculation ← Late Latin speculātiō, speculātiōnem
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspeculor
  2. Late Latin · derived fromspeculātiō, speculātiōnem
  3. Old French · derived fromspeculation
  4. Middle English · inherited fromspeculacioun
  5. English todayspeculation

From Middle English speculacioun, speculation, from Old French speculation (compare French spéculation), from Late Latin speculātiō, speculātiōnem, from Latin speculor. Morphologically speculate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Latinspeculor all →

speculative

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