Etymology of the English word sus
the English word
susderived from the English word
suspicionderived from the Old French word
sospeconderived from the Latin word
suspicio (suspicion; mistrust)
derived from the Latin word
suspicere (look up to; admire)
derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upoderived from the Latin word
specere (to look at; look at, see)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*spek-Date
The earliest known usage of sus in English dates from the 20th century.
