The story
- Latin · derived fromdiscrētus
- Old French · derived fromdiscret
- Middle English · inherited fromdiscrete
- English todaydiscreet
From Middle English discrete, from Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, from past participle of discernere. Doublet of discrete.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.