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Where does “hyperspecialist” come from?

hyperspecialist (English) comes from English specialist, from French spécialiste, from Latin specialis, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

hyperspecialist (English): A specialist working in a particularly narrow and...

Definitions

  1. A specialist working in a particularly narrow and...

Ancestry of “hyperspecialist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspecialistSpecialised; Someone who is an expert in, or...
2Frenchspécialistespecialist
3Latinspecialisspecific
4Latinspeciēs—
5Latinspeciō—
6Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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