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Where does “suspetsoso” come from?

suspetsoso (Cebuano) comes from Spanish sospechoso, from Spanish sospechar, from Latin suspecto, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio — to see, to look, to observe.

suspetsoso (Cebuano): suspicious; arousing suspicion; distrustful or...

Definitions

  1. suspicious; arousing suspicion; distrustful or...

Ancestry of “suspetsoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsospechososuspicious; suspect
2Spanishsospecharto suspect; to be on to
3LatinsuspectoI suspect, mistrust, am suspicious of; dative...
4Latinsuspectusmistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;...
5Latinsuspiciō—
6Latinsuspiceresecond-person singular present active subjunctive...
7Latinspecerepresent active infinitive of speciō;...
8LatinspecioI observe, watch, look at
9Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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