Etymology

chemodifferentiation

Today it means: An early stage in the differentiation of embryonic cells caused by differences in the chemical constituents of cells Full definition →

English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  12. Proto-Italic*dis-
  13. Latindis-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  16. Proto-Italic*ferō
  17. Latinferō
  18. Latindifferō
  19. Latindifferēns
  20. Latindifferentia
  21. New Latindifferentiō
  22. New Latindifferentiātus
  23. Englishdifferentiate
  24. Englishdifferentiation
  25. English todaychemodifferentiation

From chemo- + differentiation.

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