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Where does “sospecious” come from?

sospecious (Old French) comes from Latin suspiciosus, 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.

Ancestry of “sospecious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuspiciosussuspicious
2Latinsuspiciō—
3Latinsuspiceresecond-person singular present active subjunctive...
4Latinspecerepresent active infinitive of speciō;...
5LatinspecioI observe, watch, look at
6Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “sospecious”

  • suspicious
  • suspiciously
  • unsuspicious
  • cesspool
  • suspiciousness
  • suss
  • unsuspiciously
  • unsuspiciousness
  • oversuspicious
  • nonsuspicious
  • non-suspicious
  • sesspool
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