Where does “overspecificity” come from?
overspecificity (English) comes from English overspecific, from English specific, from Old French specifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
overspecificity (English): The state or quality of being overspecific
Definitions
- The state or quality of being overspecific
Ancestry of “overspecificity”, step by step
overspecificity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overspecific
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overspecific | Too specific; with too much detail |
| 2 | English | specific | explicit or definite; pertaining to a species;... |
| 3 | Old French | specifique | — |
| 4 | Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |