Etymology

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Today it means: In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English specific
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The story

  1. Old Frenchspecifique
  2. Englishspecific
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todayspecifically

From specific + -ally.

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