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