Where does “gattungsspezifisch” come from?

gattungsspezifisch (German) comes from German spezifisch, from French spécifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

gattungsspezifisch (German): genus-specific

Definitions

  1. genus-specific

Ancestry of “gattungsspezifisch”, step by step

gattungsspezifisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spezifisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspezifischspecific; unique; intrinsic
2Frenchspécifiquespecific; a specific, a remedy for a particular...
3Latinspecificusspecific, particular
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Gattung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGattunggenus; voice, gender; genre
2Middle High Germangatunge
3Middle High Germangatento come together, to fit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor