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Where does “transdifferentiation” come from?

transdifferentiation (English) comes from English differentiation, from English differentiate, from French différencier, from German differenzieren, from Italian differenziare, from Russian дифференци́ровать, from Spanish diferenciar, from Spanish diferencia — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

transdifferentiation (English): The change of one type of differentiated cell...

Definitions

  1. The change of one type of differentiated cell...

Ancestry of “transdifferentiation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdifferentiationThe act of differentiating; The act of...
2EnglishdifferentiateTo show, or be the distinction between two...
3Frenchdifférencierto differentiate , distinguish
4Germandifferenzierento differentiate
5ItaliandifferenziareTo differentiate, to distinguish
6Russianдифференци́ровать—
7Spanishdiferenciarto differentiate
8Spanishdiferenciadifference
9Latindifferentiadifference; diversity; nominative neuter plural...
10Latindifferēns—
11Latindifferrepresent active infinitive of differō
12LatindifferoI carry different ways, spread, scatter,...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
16Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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