difunctional

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adjective

bifunctional

OriginEnglish functional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French function →
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Meanings

adjectivedifunctional (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebifunctional

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewg-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰunégti
  9. Proto-Italic*fungōr
  10. Latinfungor
  11. Latinfūnctiō
  12. Old Frenchfonction
  13. Middle Frenchfunction
  14. Englishfunction
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishfunctional
  18. Englishdifunctional

From di- + functional.

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APA

difunctional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difunctional

MLA

“difunctional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difunctional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “difunctional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/difunctional.

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