Where does “non-suspicious” come from?
non-suspicious (English) comes from English suspicious, from Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō — to see, to look, to observe.
non-suspicious (English): alternative form of nonsuspicious
Definitions
- alternative form of nonsuspicious
Ancestry of “non-suspicious”, step by step
non-suspicious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suspicious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspicious | Arousing suspicion; Distrustful or tending to... |
| 2 | Old French | sospecious | — |
| 3 | Latin | suspiciosus | suspicious |
| 4 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 5 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 6 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 7 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |