Where does “unsuspiciousness” come from?
unsuspiciousness (English) comes from English unsuspicious, from English suspicious, from Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio — to see, to look, to observe.
unsuspiciousness (English): The quality of being unsuspicious (of something); lack of suspicion; lack of awareness
Definitions
- The quality of being unsuspicious (of something); lack of suspicion; lack of awareness
Ancestry of “unsuspiciousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsuspicious | Not suspicious; not suspecting, unaware; Not... |
| 2 | English | suspicious | Arousing suspicion; Distrustful or tending to... |
| 3 | Old French | sospecious | — |
| 4 | Latin | suspiciosus | suspicious |
| 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 |