Where does “variant” come from?
variant (Crimean Tatar) comes from Russian вариант, from French variante, from French variant, from Latin variāns, from Latin variō, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
variant (Crimean Tatar): variant
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Ancestry of “variant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | вариант | variant, reading, version, choice |
| 2 | French | variante | variant |
| 3 | French | variant | present participle of varier; varied, which... |
| 4 | Latin | variāns | diversifying; variegating |
| 5 | Latin | variō | to diversify, variegate, change, transform, make different or various, alter, vary, interchange |
| 6 | Latin | varius | diverse, different, various, variegated |
| 7 | Latin | vārus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |