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suspicere
Latin · ancient
"to suspect"
sub- 'under' plus specere 'to look' - to look up at, view with suspicion
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sospecon
Old French · 1100s
"suspicion, worry"
kept the sense of suspicion or worry
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soupcon
French · medieval
"a slight suspicion; a trace"
weakened from mistrust to the faintest possible trace of something
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soupcon
English · 1766
"a slight trace or suggestion"
borrowed for a barely perceptible hint or amount
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