Where does “differentiability” come from?
differentiability (English) comes from English differentiable, from English differentiate, from French différencier, from German differenzieren, from Italian differenziare, from Russian дифференци́ровать, from Spanish diferenciar, from Spanish diferencia — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
differentiability (English): The ability to be differentiated
Definitions
- The ability to be differentiated
Ancestry of “differentiability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | differentiable | Having a derivative, said of a function whose... |
| 2 | English | differentiate | To show, or be the distinction between two... |
| 3 | French | différencier | to differentiate (all senses), distinguish |
| 4 | German | differenzieren | to differentiate |
| 5 | Italian | differenziare | To differentiate, to distinguish |
| 6 | Russian | дифференци́ровать | to differentiate, to distinguish |
| 7 | Spanish | diferenciar | to differentiate |
| 8 | Spanish | diferencia | difference |
| 9 | Latin | differentia | difference; diversity; nominative neuter plural... |
| 10 | Latin | differēns | spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating |
| 11 | Latin | differre | present active infinitive of differō |
| 12 | Latin | differo | I carry different ways, spread, scatter,... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |