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Where does “sospechar” come from?

sospechar (Spanish) comes from Latin suspecto, from Latin suspectus, from Latin suspiciō, from Latin suspicere, from Latin specere, from Latin specio, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti — to see, to look, to observe.

sospechar (Spanish): to suspect; to be on to

Definitions

  1. to suspect; to be on to

Ancestry of “sospechar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsuspectoI suspect, mistrust, am suspicious of; dative...
2Latinsuspectusmistrusted, suspected, having been suspected;...
3Latinsuspiciō—
4Latinsuspiceresecond-person singular present active subjunctive...
5Latinspecerepresent active infinitive of speciō;...
6LatinspecioI observe, watch, look at
7Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “sospechar”

  • sospechoso
  • suspetsoso
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