Roots/*speh₁-ḱ-speh₁-ḱ-“to look, observe carefully”Widely acceptedvisionobservationSource of Latin specere, English spectacle, inspect, respectExtended root for careful looking, yielding Latin specere and English spectacle, inspect, suspect, respect.Related Rootsbʰlendʰ-“to become dim, confused, blend”bʰlendʰ-₂“to become unclear in vision, to be blind”derk-“to see, look at”derk-mn̥“glance, piercing look”derkʷ-“to see clearly, gaze at”gʰaws-“to gaze, observe, perceive”gʰel-it-“to sparkle, to flash with light”gʰleyd-“to gleam, to shine intermittently”related entrySee also: speh1-k- etymology