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Where does “especializar” come from?

especializar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese especial, from Latin specialis, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

especializar (Portuguese): to make specialised; to specialise

Definitions

  1. to make specialised; to specialise

Ancestry of “especializar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseespecialspecial; disabled
2Latinspecialisspecific
3Latinspeciēs—
4Latinspeciō—
5Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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