Where does “suspicionful” come from?
suspicionful (English) comes from English suspicion, from Latin suspicio, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
suspicionful (English): Full of suspicion; suspicious
Definitions
- Full of suspicion; suspicious
Ancestry of “suspicionful”, step by step
suspicionful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suspicion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspicion | The act of suspecting something or someone,... |
| 2 | Latin | suspicio | I look up at or to; I admire; I look askance |
| 3 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 4 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 5 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |