Etymology of the English word suspect
the English word
suspectderived 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 suspect in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
suss,
suspected,
suspectingCognates
Dutch
suspect, English
suspecter, French
suspect, German
suspekt, Norwegian
suspekt, Swedish
suspektUsage
Word found in Modern English
