- despicable (adj.)
[despicable 词源字典]
- 1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin despicari "despise, disdain, look down on," from de- "down" (see de-) + spicare, variant of specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)).[despicable etymology, despicable origin, 英语词源]