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Translation

mirror

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Word origin

From Latin speculum ('mirror'), from specere ('to look'). German Spiegel and Italian specchio carry the same word, and English keeps the root in spectacle, inspect and speculate, which originally meant watching.

Origin
Latin
Root
speculum
English cognates
spectacle, inspect, speculate

Examples

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She looked at her face in the mirror.

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The mirror hangs on the wall.

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The lake was like a big mirror.

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This word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 8: spegulo, respondeco, bileto and 7 more words.