Where does “discriminate” come from?
Discriminate comes from Latin discriminatus, the past participle of discriminare, meaning to distinguish or separate, formed from the prefix dis- and a root from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
discriminate (English): To make distinctions; To make decisions based on...
Definitions
- To make distinctions; To make decisions based on...
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