Etymology. From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”).

A base word refers to the part of a word that is an actual word that can stand alone. Prefixes and suffixes were added to them. The root of a word refers to that part of the base word that comes from another language. These cannot stand alone.

Legislative is an adjective that describes the act or process of passing laws. All of these words come from the same root words — lex and legis (meaning “law”) and lator (meaning “proposer”).

Hemi-: Prefix meaning one half, as in hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and hemithorax. From the Greek hemisus meaning half and equivalent to the Latin semi-. As a general rule, not always followed, hemi- goes with words of Greek origin and semi- with those of Latin origin.

-spec-, root. -spec- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning “look at; examine.

(Entry 1 of 3) 1 : specification —usually used in plural also : a single quantity (such as a dimension or a measure of performance) describing a product especially as part of a specification. 2 : speculation built the house on spec. spec.

Spectacles are eyeglasses. Spectacles have two main parts: the lenses and the frames that hold the lenses. An ophthalmologist (eye doctor) can test your eyes and see if you need spectacles. You can also call spectacles glasses or specs.

verb (used with object), spec’d or specked or specced, spec’·ing or speck·ing or spec·cing. to provide specifications for: The custom turbocharger was spec’d by our mechanic.

Exact statement of the particular needs to be satisfied, or essential characteristics that a customer requires (in a good, material, method, process, service, system, or work) and which a vendor must deliver.

Car specifications

verb – transitive to write a spec (specification.) Over the next week I’m going to spec out the new UI framework. See more words with the same meaning: business (related to). See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

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