Expect

Morpheme

Expect

Type

free base

Denotation

wait, anticipate, look out for

Etymology

Latin expectare/exspectare, from ex- + spectare, from specere

Evidence

expect, expectable, expectancy, expectant, expectation, expectational, expectative, expected, expectee, expecter, expecting, expective, expects, overexpect, preexpectation, unexpected, unexpectedness

Notes

assimilation of ex- with <s>

See Also

Spect