Etymograph

English

suspicable

Suspicable comes from Latin suspicor ‘to suspect’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuspicor1‘to suspect’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuspicābilis1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1653suspicable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English suspicable
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1653, Henry More: “It is a very suspicable business.”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuspicorWiktionary, English suspicable‘to suspect’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuspicābilisWiktionary, English suspicable
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1653suspicableWiktionary, English suspicable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1653, Henry More: “It is a very suspicable business.”

Every English word from Latin suspicor

Today it means

adj Liable to suspicion; suspicious or suspected.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suspicable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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