It comes from the Latin base word "spec kid" which loosely defined means over the top or extremely slow.
to look at
Some words that use the prefix 'spec' are:specialspeciesspecificspeciousspeckledspectaclespectacularspectatorspectrographspectrespectrumspeculate
Ditto
When it says the base word for another word, it is referring to the root or core word from which the other word is derived. The base word provides the foundation or main meaning for the derived word.
The meaning of the root word spec is to see or look. An example of this in a word is specimen.
WATCH, SEE & OBSERVE.
Spec is short for specific or specifications
In gynecology, spec is short for speculum.
The word base means the same as foundation, bottom, or support.
It comes from the Latin base word "spec kid" which loosely defined means over the top or extremely slow.
Sight or To Look
The root spec means: look or too see
it means the same as a root word
When it says the base word for another word, it is referring to the root or core word from which the other word is derived. The base word provides the foundation or main meaning for the derived word.
Space
"Naval base"