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Prospect

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the possibility of something happening in the future, or a wide view
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Stage 1 of 2
prospicere
Latin · ancient
"to look forward"
to look forward, from pro- (forward) and specere (to look)
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Stage 2 of 2
prospect
English · 1400s
"the possibility of future success or something happening"
settled as the English word for a possibility or expectation of future success
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