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Where does “unspezifisch” come from?

unspezifisch (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.

unspezifisch (German): nonspecific, unspecific

Definitions

  1. nonspecific, unspecific

Ancestry of “unspezifisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspezifischspecific; unique; intrinsic
2Frenchspécifiquespecific; a specific, a remedy for a particular...
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 →