Where does “nonsuspicious” come from?
nonsuspicious (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.
nonsuspicious (English): Not suspicious
Definitions
- Not suspicious
Ancestry of “nonsuspicious”, step by step
nonsuspicious 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 |