Where does “allospecificity” come from?
allospecificity (English) comes from English specificity, from English specific, from Old French specifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
allospecificity (English): The condition of being allospecific
Definitions
- The condition of being allospecific
Ancestry of “allospecificity”, step by step
allospecificity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English specificity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | specificity | The state of being specific rather than general;... |
| 2 | English | specific | explicit or definite; pertaining to a species;... |
| 3 | Old French | specifique | — |
| 4 | Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English allo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | allo | Alternative spelling of 'allo |
| 2 | English | allosexual | Directed toward or involving another person... |
| 3 | English | allo- | different, other; isomeric; especially, of amino... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |