The story
- Latin · derived fromspeciālis
- Old French · derived fromespecial
- Middle English · inherited from*special
- English todayspecial
From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.