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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

  1. Not expectant

Ancestry of “inexpectant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpectantMarked by expectation; Pregnant; Awaiting the...
2Old Frenchexpectant—
3LatinexpectansAlternative form of exspectans
4LatinexpectoAlternative form of exspectō
5Latinspectō—
6Latinspeciō—
7Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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