Etymology

differentiator

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Today it means: Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature. Full definition →

English differentiate ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Italic*ferō
  9. Latinferō
  10. Latindifferō
  11. Latindifferēns
  12. Latindifferentia
  13. New Latindifferentiō
  14. New Latindifferentiātus
  15. Englishdifferentiate
  16. English todaydifferentiator

From differentiate + -or.

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