Where does “sussing” come from?
sussing (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål susse, from English suss, from English suspect, from Middle French suspect, from Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere — to see, to look, to observe.
sussing (Norwegian Bokmål): The act or an instance of giving someone a light kiss; light kissing
Definitions
- The act or an instance of giving someone a light kiss; light kissing
Ancestry of “sussing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | susse | To give someone a light or quick kiss; to kiss lightly |
| 2 | English | suss | Alternative form of soss; Suspicious behaviour;... |
| 3 | English | suspect | To imagine or suppose to be true, or to exist,... |
| 4 | Middle French | suspect | — |
| 5 | Old French | suspect | — |
| 6 | Latin | suspectus | mistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;... |
| 7 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 8 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 9 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 10 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |