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Where does “undifferentiated” come from?

Undifferentiated comes from English differentiated, from Latin unus meaning "one," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European óynos and ultimately to the root h₂ent-.

undifferentiated (English): Not differentiated; describes tissues where the...

Definitions

  1. Not differentiated; describes tissues where the...

Ancestry of “undifferentiated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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