Where does “inexpectant” come from?
inexpectant (English) comes from English expectant, from Old French expectant, from Latin expectans, from Latin expecto, from Latin spectō, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.
inexpectant (English): Not expectant
Definitions
- Not expectant
Ancestry of “inexpectant”, step by step
inexpectant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expectant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expectant | Marked by expectation; Pregnant; Awaiting the... |
| 2 | Old French | expectant | — |
| 3 | Latin | expectans | Alternative form of exspectans |
| 4 | Latin | expecto | Alternative form of exspectō |
| 5 | Latin | spectō | to watch, observe, look at, consider |
| 6 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |