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perspicaz

/peɾspiˈkaθ/

adjective/peɾspiˈkaθ/

perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd; acute

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin perspiciō Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin perspicācembor. Spanish perspicaz Borrowed from Latin perspicācem (“sharp-sighted”).