From Latin 'inspicere' (to look into) — thorough examination, not a mere glance.
To look at something carefully in order to assess its condition, quality, or compliance; to examine closely and critically.
From Latin inspectāre (to look into carefully, to examine closely), a frequentative form of inspicere (to look into), composed of in- (into, upon) and specere (to look). Specere derives from PIE *speḱ- (to observe, to look), one of the most productive visual roots in the proto-language, underlying an enormous range of Indo-European words. The frequentative suffix -tāre signals intensive or repeated action: to inspect is not a single glance but a sustained, penetrating survey. Related Latin words include spectāre (to