Etymology

varietal

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Today it means: Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English variety ← Latin varietās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wh₂-s-?
  3. Proto-Italic*wasios?
  4. Latinvarius
  5. Latinvarietās
  6. Middle Frenchvarieté
  7. Latinvarietās
  8. Englishvariety
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. English todayvarietal

From variety + -al.

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