Etymology

indifferentiate

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Today it means: To make less distinct; to obscure any differentiation. Full definition →

English differentiate ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  14. Proto-Italic*ferō
  15. Latinferō
  16. Latindifferō
  17. Latindifferēns
  18. Latindifferentia
  19. New Latindifferentiō
  20. New Latindifferentiātus
  21. Englishdifferentiate
  22. English todayindifferentiate

From in- + differentiate.

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