Where does “bispecific” come from?
bispecific (English) comes from English specific, from Old French specifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
bispecific (English): Describing an antibody that binds to two...
Definitions
- Describing an antibody that binds to two...
Ancestry of “bispecific”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | specific | explicit or definite; pertaining to a species;... |
| 2 | Old French | specifique | — |
| 3 | Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |