Where does “missuspect” come from?
missuspect (English) comes from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio — to see, to look, to observe.
missuspect (English): To suspect something that is not, in fact, the case
Definitions
- To suspect something that is not, in fact, the case
Ancestry of “missuspect”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 2 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 3 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 4 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 5 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 6 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 7 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 8 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |