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Where does “trispecific” come from?

trispecific (English) comes from English specific, from Old French specifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

trispecific (English): Relating to, or composed of three species

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or composed of three species

Ancestry of “trispecific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishspecificexplicit or definite; pertaining to a species;...
2Old Frenchspecifique—
3Latinspecificusspecific, particular
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →