various

The story

1. Latin · derived fromvarius“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”
2. Middle French · borrowed fromvarieux
3. English todayvarious

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.

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