English word expect comes from Latin specto (I consider. I test. I watch, observe, look at, see.), Latin de
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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specto | Latin (lat) | I consider. I test. I watch, observe, look at, see. |
de | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...] |
exspecto | Latin (lat) | I expect. I wait for. |
expectare | Latin (lat) | |
expect | English (eng) | (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.. To consider obligatory or required.. To consider reasonably due.. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, [...] |