Where does “suspector” come from?
suspector (English) comes from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio — to see, to look, to observe.
suspector (English): One who suspects
Definitions
- One who suspects
Ancestry of “suspector”, step by step
suspector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suspect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 2 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 3 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 4 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 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 |
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |