Where does “unsuspectably” come from?
unsuspectably (English) comes from English unsuspectable, from English suspectable, from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere — to see, to look, to observe.
unsuspectably (English): So as to be beyond suspicion
Definitions
- So as to be beyond suspicion
Ancestry of “unsuspectably”, step by step
unsuspectably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsuspectable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsuspectable | Not suspectable |
| 2 | English | suspectable | That may be suspected |
| 3 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 4 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 5 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 6 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 7 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 8 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 9 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 10 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |