aspect

Where does the word "aspect" come from? It comes from Latin aspicere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Aspect’s story begins in Latin: aspicere meant “to look at.” To look at, from ad- (at) and specere (to look). It reached English by 1300s as aspect. Settled as the English word for a particular part or feature of something. Today, aspect means a particular part or feature of a situation, idea, or object.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient aspicere "to look at", to look at, from ad- (at) and specere (to look).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s aspect "a particular part or feature of something", settled as the English word for a particular part or feature of something.