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Where does “infima species” come from?

infima species (English) comes 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.

infima species (English): The narrowest of species; one that that is not a...

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  1. The narrowest of species; one that that is not a...

Ancestry of “infima species”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeciēs—
2Latinspeciō—
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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