despect

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdēspectus“a looking down upon, contempt”
2. Middle English · derived fromdespect“contempt, spite”
3. English todaydespect

From Middle English despect (“contempt, spite”), from Latin dēspectus (“a looking down upon, contempt”), from dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + specere (“to look at, behold”), equivalent to de- + -spect.