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Where does “chemospecificity” come from?

chemospecificity (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.

chemospecificity (English): chemoselectivity

Definitions

  1. chemoselectivity

Ancestry of “chemospecificity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspecificityThe state of being specific rather than general;...
2Englishspecificexplicit or definite; pertaining to a species;...
3Old Frenchspecifique—
4Latinspecificusspecific, particular
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →