Etymology

nondifferent

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Today it means: Not different. Full definition →

English different ← Middle English different ← Old French different
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  17. Proto-Italic*dis-
  18. Latindis-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  21. Proto-Italic*ferō
  22. Latinferō
  23. Latindifferō
  24. Latindifferēns
  25. Old Frenchdifferent
  26. Middle Englishdifferent
  27. Englishdifferent
  28. English todaynondifferent

From non- + different.

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