English
specifiable
From specify + -able.
A compound of specify + -able
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
adj Able to be specified
Sources
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Etymograph / specifiable