specificus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin speciēs

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin specificus

From speciēs (“kind”) + faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spɛˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [speˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus]

Adjective

specificus (feminine specifica, neuter specificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) specific, particular

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	specificus	specifica	specificum		specificī	specificae	specifica
genitive	specificī	specificae	specificī		specificōrum	specificārum	specificōrum
dative	specificō	specificae	specificō		specificīs
accusative	specificum	specificam	specificum		specificōs	specificās	specifica
ablative	specificō	specificā	specificō		specificīs
vocative	specifice	specifica	specificum		specificī	specificae	specifica

Related terms

• speciēs

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: específic (learned)
• → English: specific
• → French: spécifique (learned)
  • → German: spezifisch
• → Galician: específico (learned)
• → Italian: specifico (learned)
• → Occitan: especific (learned)
• → Portuguese: específico (learned)
• → Romanian: specific (learned)
• → Spanish: específico (learned)