Where does “sospeçon” come from?
sospeçon (Old French) comes from Latin suspectiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
sospeçon (Old French): suspicion
Definitions
- suspicion
Ancestry of “sospeçon”, step by step
sospeçon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin suspectiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspectiō | a looking up to |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin suspectionem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspectionem | accusative singular of suspectiō |
| 2 | Latin | suspiciō | to look up at or to |
| 3 | Latin | suspicere | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 4 | Latin | specere | present active infinitive of speciō;... |
| 5 | Latin | specio | I observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |