Where does “speciality” come from?
Speciality derives from English special combined with the French suffix -ité, from Latin specialis meaning "of a particular kind" plus the Latin suffix -itas forming abstract nouns.
speciality (English): Britain standard form of specialty
Definitions
- Britain standard form of specialty
Ancestry of “speciality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | special | Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality; Of... |
| 2 | Middle English | special | — |
| 3 | Old French | especial | special; powerful; mighty |
| 4 | Latin | specialis | specific |
| 5 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 6 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |