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Where does “specifico” come from?

specifico (Italian) comes from Late Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

specifico (Italian): specific; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. specific; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “specifico”, step by step

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

Words derived from “specifico”

  • interspecifico
  • monospecifico
  • intraspecifico
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