Where does “inspector” come from?

Inspector comes from Latin inspectōr, formed from the Latin verb inspicere, meaning to look at or examine, composed of the Latin preposition in and the Proto-Indo-European root speḱ-, meaning to see or observe.

inspector (English): A person employed to inspect something; A police...

Definitions

  1. A person employed to inspect something; A police...

Ancestry of “inspector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininspectorviewer, observer, onlooker; inspector, examiner;...
2LatininspicioI examine or inspect; I consider or contemplate;...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inspector”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →