Back to the roots again. This time let's go with the verb "to see"
Spect - which means to see - is a latin word that acts both as a prefix and a suffix.
Many of its words are commonly used. There are around three hundred words in English that has spect as their suffix or prefix. To name a few...
Spectator - a person who is watching (a performance or sports)
Spectacle - a sight that has such beauty that is beyond description
Spectacular - a wonderful sight (adjective form)
Spectacles - the mirrors that are framed and mechanised as lenses to enable our eye sight normal
We have two psychology oriented words here
Introspect -this refers to the thoght flow that enables us to exam one's own feelings and thoughts.
This is the verb form.
Introspection is the noun form.
Another verb form is to inspect. To look inside of the issue or a place or a thing
The educational officials inspect the schools annually once. And the person who inspects is called an inspector :) School inspection time used to be the most well remembered period even to this day :) CHildren are dressed in the neat sparkling uniforms and footware. They are sent to the school with great care and preparation for each subject. The students' answers measure the teachers' performance. Hence the tension is shared by the teachers as well.
Finally it is clear that we inspect because we suspect :)
We have around 354 words containing this root word Spect
--noenglish
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