Etymology

misdifferentiate

Today it means: To fail to differentiate correctly. Full definition →

English differentiate ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  12. Proto-Italic*dis-
  13. Latindis-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  16. Proto-Italic*ferō
  17. Latinferō
  18. Latindifferō
  19. Latindifferēns
  20. Latindifferentia
  21. New Latindifferentiō
  22. New Latindifferentiātus
  23. Englishdifferentiate
  24. English todaymisdifferentiate

From mis- + differentiate.

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