suspicion

• n. 疑い; 疑い; 疑い; 少し
• vt.疑う

sus-、下、上、-spic、見る、語源的にはsuspectと同じ、卑劣な。

suspicion (n.)

c. 1300, "act of suspecting; unverified conjecture of wrongdoing; mistrust, distrust," from Anglo-French suspecioun, corresponding to Old French suspicion, sospe?on "mistrust, suspicion" (Modern French soup?on), from Late Latin suspectionem (nominative suspectio) "mistrust, suspicion, fear, awe," noun of state from past participle stem of Latin suspicere "look up at" (see suspect (adj.)). Spelling in English influenced 14c. by learned Old French forms closer to Latin suspicionem. Used as a verb meaning "to suspect," it figures in literary representations of U.S. Western (Kentucky) slang from 1830s.

"Suspicion" words in other Indo-European languages also tend to be words for "think" or "look" with prefixes meaning "under, behind;" such as Greek hypopsia (hypo "under," opsis "sight"), hyponoia (noein "to think"); Lettish aizduomas (aiz "behind," duomat "think"); Russian podozrenie (Slavic podu "under," Old Church Slavonic zireti "see, look"); Dutch achterdocht (achter "behind," denken "to think").

1. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed.

彼らはおそらく成功するだろうと漠然と思っていた。

2.He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

飲酒運転の疑いで逮捕された。

3.Forensic evidence points the finger of suspicion firmly at him.

法医の証拠は疑いの矛先を明確に彼に向けた。

4.Whitlock silently cursed Graham for heaping more suspicion on him.

ホイットロックは心の中で黙ってグラハムを呪っていた。彼は自分を猜疑心に陥れたからだ。

5.Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion .

ロンドン警察庁は不審者扱いされていないことを保証した。