## Etymology
From suspicious (from Old French suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from suspicere 'to mistrust', from sub- + specere 'to look') plus -ness.

## AI Etymology
Suspiciousness is from suspicious (from Old French suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from suspicere 'to mistrust', from sub- + specere 'to look') plus -ness. Important recorded forms include suspiciosus (Latin) and specere (Latin). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of arousing distrust, or a tendency to distrust others. The wider family includes related words such as suspicious, suspicion, and suspect.

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