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Where does “specifiki” come from?

specifiki (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto specifika, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

specifiki (Esperanto): to specify; to allocate

Definitions

  1. to specify; to allocate

Ancestry of “specifiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantospecifikaspecific
2Latinspecificusspecific, particular
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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