Where does “differentiation” come from?
Differentiation comes from Latin differentiātiō, from differentia (difference), from differens (differing), from dis- (apart) and bʰer- (to carry), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.
differentiation (English): The act of differentiating; The act of...
Definitions
- The act of differentiating; The act of...
Ancestry of “differentiation”, 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 |
Words derived from “differentiation”
- dedifferentiation
- transdifferentiation
- undifferentiation
- nondifferentiation
- cytodifferentiation
- redifferentiation
- indifferentiation
- antidifferentiation
- histodifferentiation
- erythrodifferentiation
- differentiational
- subdifferentiation
- semantic differentiation
- codifferentiation
- osteodifferentiation
- neurodifferentiation
- enantiodifferentiation
- autodifferentiation
- chemodifferentiation
- chondrodifferentiation
- dysdifferentiation
- maldifferentiation
- microdifferentiation
- misdifferentiation