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...
Ancestry of “discriminate”, step by step
discriminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin discriminatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | discriminatus | 1. determined |
| 2 | Latin | discrīminō | to distinguish (between) |
| 3 | Latin | discrīmen | distinction, difference, discrimination |
| 4 | Latin | discernō | to separate, set apart, divide, part |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin discriminare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | discriminare | present active infinitive of discrīminō;... |
| 2 | Latin | discrimino | I distinguish |
| 3 | Latin | discrimen | distinction, difference; division, separation;... |
| 4 | Latin | discerno | I separate, set apart, divide, part; I... |
| 5 | Latin | cerno | I separate, sift; I distinguish, discern, see; I... |
Words derived from “discriminate”
- discriminatory
- indiscriminate
- indiscriminately
- nondiscriminatory
- discriminator
- discriminately
- discriminatorily
- antidiscriminatory
- indiscriminateness
- indiscriminatory
- nondiscriminator
- nondiscriminate
- discriminateness
- diszkriminál
- discriminatee
- dyskryminować
- anti-discriminator
- non-discriminatory
- nondiscriminately
- undiscriminatory
- indiscriminatorily