Where does “específicament” come from?
específicament (Catalan) comes from Catalan específic, from Late Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
específicament (Catalan): specifically
Definitions
- specifically
Ancestry of “específicament”, step by step
específicament traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan específic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | específic | specific |
| 2 | Late Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |