despicable

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdēspicor
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromdēspicābilis
3. English todaydespicable

From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“to despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“to look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.