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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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  1. Having a derivative, said of a function whose...

Ancestry of “differentiable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdifferentiateTo show, or be the distinction between two...
2Frenchdifférencierto differentiate , distinguish
3Germandifferenzierento differentiate
4ItaliandifferenziareTo differentiate, to distinguish
5Russianдифференци́ровать—
6Spanishdiferenciarto differentiate
7Spanishdiferenciadifference
8Latindifferentiadifference; diversity; nominative neuter plural...
9Latindifferēns—
10Latindifferrepresent active infinitive of differō
11LatindifferoI carry different ways, spread, scatter,...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
15Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “differentiable”

  • nondifferentiable
  • undifferentiable
  • indifferentiable
  • subdifferentiable
  • differentiably
  • ultradifferentiable
  • quasi-differentiable
  • quasidifferentiable
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