Etymology

discrepancy

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Today it means: An inconsistency between facts or sentiments. Full definition →

Latin discrepantia ← Proto-Italic *dis- ← Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Latincrepō
  7. Latindiscrepō
  8. Latindiscrepāns
  9. Latindiscrepantia
  10. English todaydiscrepancy

Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant.

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