retrospect
/ˈɹetɹəˌspekt/REH-truh-spekt
/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/REH-truh-spekt
Meaninga looking back
Common meaning: a look back at the past
- retrobackwards
- spectto look at, watchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1737 · scan
‘backwards’ + ‘to look at, watch’ → retrospect
Journey through time
- Latinretrospicere‘to look back’source
- Englishretrospect‘a look back at the past’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin speciō (spiciō) ‘to look at, watch’.
Roots
- speciō (spiciō), spexī, spectum Latin “to look at, watch”
Related words
aspectdespicabledisrespectinspectintrospectionperspectiveprospectrespectspecimenspectaclespectatorsuspect
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