Where does “oversuspiciously” come from?
oversuspiciously (English) comes from English oversuspicious, from English suspicious, from Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio — to see, to look, to observe.
oversuspiciously (English): In an oversuspicious manner
Definitions
- In an oversuspicious manner
Ancestry of “oversuspiciously”, step by step
oversuspiciously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oversuspicious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oversuspicious | Excessively suspicious; having a level of... |
| 2 | English | suspicious | Arousing suspicion; Distrustful or tending to... |
| 3 | Old French | sospecious | — |
| 4 | Latin | suspiciosus | suspicious |
| 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 |