Etymograph

English

respecify

From re- + specify.

A compound of re- + specify

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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

verb To specify again; to alter an earlier specification

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “respecify”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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