The story
- Latin · derived fromīnspectiō“examination, inspection”
- Old French · derived frominspeccion
- English todayinspection
From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.