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Species

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a group of organisms capable of interbreeding, the basic unit of biological classification
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Stage 1 of 2
species
Latin · ancient
"an appearance, a kind"
a sight, an appearance, from specere (to look at)
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Stage 2 of 2
species
English · 1500s
"a distinct kind of organism"
settled as the biological word for a distinct kind of organism
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