Where does “スペック” come from?

スペック (Japanese) comes from English specs, from English specification, from Middle French specification, from Latin specificationem.

スペック (Japanese): specification

Definitions

  1. specification

Ancestry of “スペック”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspecsAbbreviation of spectacles; Specifications:...
2EnglishspecificationAn explicit set of requirements to be satisfied...
3Middle Frenchspecification
4Latinspecificationem
Every word from Latin specificationemEvery word from Middle French specificationEvery word from English specification