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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

spy one who watches secretly. XIII. Aphetic — OF. espie, f. espier ESPY (whence spy vb. act as a spy; catch sight of XIII) — Gmc. *spex-, as in MLG. spēen, MDu. spien (Du. spieden), OHG. spehōn (G. spähen), ON. spæja, repr. IE. *spek- (L. specere look)
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