Where does “transdifferentiate” come from?
transdifferentiate (English) comes from English differentiate, from French différencier, from German differenzieren, from Italian differenziare, from Russian дифференци́ровать, from Spanish diferenciar, from Spanish diferencia, from Latin differentia — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
transdifferentiate (English): To undergo transdifferentiation
Definitions
- To undergo transdifferentiation
Ancestry of “transdifferentiate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | differentiate | To show, or be the distinction between two... |
| 2 | French | différencier | to differentiate , distinguish |
| 3 | German | differenzieren | to differentiate |
| 4 | Italian | differenziare | To differentiate, to distinguish |
| 5 | Russian | дифференци́ровать | — |
| 6 | Spanish | diferenciar | to differentiate |
| 7 | Spanish | diferencia | difference |
| 8 | Latin | differentia | difference; diversity; nominative neuter plural... |
| 9 | Latin | differēns | — |
| 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 |