Where does “unsuspective” come from?
unsuspective (English) comes from English suspective, 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.
unsuspective (English): Not suspective
Definitions
- Not suspective
Ancestry of “unsuspective”, step by step
unsuspective traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suspective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suspective | Arousing or based on suspicion; A specific Korean... |
| 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 |