The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Old Frenchdifferent
- Middle Englishdifferent
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Middle Englishdifferently
- English todaydifferently
From Middle English differently; equivalent to different + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.