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Where does “specialist” come from?

specialist (Romanian) comes from French spécialiste, 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.

specialist (Romanian): specialist

Definitions

  1. specialist

Ancestry of “specialist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspécialistespecialist
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →