Where does “suss” come from?
suss (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.
suss (English): Alternative form of soss; Suspicious behaviour;...
Definitions
- Alternative form of soss; Suspicious behaviour;...
Ancestry of “suss”, step by step
suss traces back through 3 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 Old Saxon sehs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | sehs | six |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sehs | six |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sehs | six |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via Hungarian süt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | süt | to bake, to roast; to shine |