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mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘having a special determining quality’): from late Latin specificus, from Latin species (see species).

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From Old French specifique, from Late Latin specificus(“specific, particular”), from Latin speciēs(“kind”) + faciō(“make”).

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specific (adj.)

1630s, "having a special quality," from French spécifique and directly from Late Latin specificus "constituting a kind or sort" (in Medieval Latin "specific, particular"), from Latin species "kind, sort" (see species) + -ficus "making, doing," from combining form of facere "to make." Earlier form was specifical (early 15c.). Meaning "definite, precise" first recorded 1740. Related: Specifically; specificness.

specific (n.)

"a specific quality or detail," 1690s, from specific (adj.).