Where does “heterosubspecificity” come from?
heterosubspecificity (English) comes from English subspecificity, from English specificity, from English specific, from Old French specifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
heterosubspecificity (English): The condition of being heterosubspecific
Definitions
- The condition of being heterosubspecific
Ancestry of “heterosubspecificity”, step by step
heterosubspecificity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English subspecificity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subspecificity | The condition of being subspecific |
| 2 | English | specificity | The state of being specific rather than general;... |
| 3 | English | specific | explicit or definite; pertaining to a species;... |
| 4 | Old French | specifique | — |
| 5 | Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English hetero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hetero | Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a... |
| 2 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 3 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 4 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 5 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 6 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |