Where does “oversuspicious” come from?
oversuspicious (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.
oversuspicious (English): Excessively suspicious; having a level of...
Definitions
- Excessively suspicious; having a level of...
Ancestry of “oversuspicious”, step by step
| 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 |