Where does “specificus” come from?

specificus (Latin) comes 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.

specificus (Latin): specific, particular

Definitions

  1. specific, particular

Ancestry of “specificus”, step by step

specificus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin speciēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
2Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
3Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “specificus”

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