Etymology

in specie

Today it means: In respect to kind Full definition →

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  1. Latin · borrowed fromin
  2. English todayin specie

Borrowed from Latin in + specie, ablative singular form of species (“kind, form; type”).

Words from the same roots

Latinin all →

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