Where does “unsuspectful” come from?
unsuspectful (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.
unsuspectful (English): Not suspectful
Definitions
- Not suspectful
Ancestry of “unsuspectful”, step by step
unsuspectful 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |