Where does “suspectfulness” come from?
suspectfulness (English) comes from English suspectful, from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere — to see, to look, to observe.
suspectfulness (English): The quality of being suspectful
Definitions
- The quality of being suspectful
Ancestry of “suspectfulness”, step by step
suspectfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suspectful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspectful | Mistrustful, suspicious |
| 2 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 3 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 4 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 5 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 6 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 7 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 8 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 9 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |