Where does “suspectus” come from?
suspectus (Latin) comes from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
suspectus (Latin): mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;...
Definitions
- mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;...
Ancestry of “suspectus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 2 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 3 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 4 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |