Etymology

microdifferentiation

Today it means: Very small-scale differentiation, typically leading to speciation Full definition →

English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  8. Proto-Italic*dis-
  9. Latindis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  12. Proto-Italic*ferō
  13. Latinferō
  14. Latindifferō
  15. Latindifferēns
  16. Latindifferentia
  17. New Latindifferentiō
  18. New Latindifferentiātus
  19. Englishdifferentiate
  20. Englishdifferentiation
  21. English todaymicrodifferentiation

From micro- + differentiation.

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