different between espier vs esper

English

Etymology

espy +? -er

Noun

espier (plural espiers)

1. One who espies.

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Anagrams

• Peirse, Pierse, peries

Middle French

Verb

espier

1. to watch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Old French

Alternative forms

• aspier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spi? (“to spy, espy”), from Frankish *speh?n (“to spy, watch”).

Verb

espier

1. to watch

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

• esguarder
• reguarder

Related terms

• espie

Descendants

• Angevin: échaupier
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: épiger (Berrichon, Bourbonnais)
• Middle French: espier
  • French: épier
    • Haitian Creole: espyon
• Lorrain: h'pié, khpiyé, khpwé
• Norman: êpier
• Picard: èpieu (Athois)
• Walloon: spwè
• ? Middle English: aspien, aspyen, espien, espyen, spien
  • English: aspy, espy, spy
  • Scots: aspy, espy, spy

English

Etymology

ESP +? -er from extrasensory perception.

Noun

esper (plural espers)

1. A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
2. (chiefly science fiction) A person supposed to have paranormal abilities.

Hyponyms

• (person with paranormal abilities): telekinetic, telepath

Translations

Anagrams

• Peers, Perse, Spree, peers, per se, perse, pères, speer, spere, spree

Old Occitan

Etymology

Probably a deverbal of esperar.

Noun

esper m (oblique plural espers, nominative singular espers, nominative plural esper)

1. hope

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “sp?r?re”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 165