Etymograph

English

extraspecific

From extra- + specific.

Formed from extra- + specific

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

English extra-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’

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Latin speciō ‘to see’

Latin speciēs ‘kind’

Late Latin specificus ‘specific’

Old French specifique

English specific

Today it means

adj Relating to a different species

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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