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Where does “suspicere” come from?

suspicere (Latin) comes 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.

suspicere (Latin): second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “suspicere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspecerepresent active infinitive of speciō;...
2LatinspecioI observe, watch, look at
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “suspicere”

  • suspect
  • suspicion
  • suspicionless
  • soupcon
  • soupçon
  • unsuspect
  • nonsuspect
  • unsuspicion
  • suspectness
  • suspectest
  • suspectable
  • suspecteth
  • suspector
  • suspectful
  • suspectless
  • suspectly
  • suspective
  • suspicional
  • multisuspect
  • suspecto
  • suspectare
  • suspectio
  • suspicio
  • suspectus
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