Etymograph

English

specifiability

From specify + -ability.

A compound of specify + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’

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Medieval Latin specificus ‘specific’

Medieval Latin specificō

Old French specifier

Middle English specifien

English specify

Today it means

noun The quality of being specifiable.

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