As you inspect the words that grow from the Latin verb "specere," (to see), you'll find some unexpected connections. For example, the familiar word "respect" relates to the "aspect" of "looking back" at someone or something. And to make a "spectacle" of yourself is to have everyone looking at you, in a not-so-good way.
More Latin Love, Volume III lists:
seguire, capere, pendere, and littera!
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