Where does “undifferentiation” come from?
undifferentiation (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.
undifferentiation (English): The quality of being undifferentiated
Definitions
- The quality of being undifferentiated
Ancestry of “undifferentiation”, step by step
undifferentiation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English differentiation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | differentiation | The act of differentiating; The act of... |
| 2 | English | differentiate | To show, or be the distinction between two... |
| 3 | French | différencier | to differentiate (all senses), distinguish |
| 4 | German | differenzieren | to differentiate |
| 5 | Italian | differenziare | To differentiate, to distinguish |
| 6 | Russian | дифференци́ровать | to differentiate, to distinguish |
| 7 | Spanish | diferenciar | to differentiate |
| 8 | Spanish | diferencia | difference |
| 9 | Latin | differentia | difference; diversity; nominative neuter plural... |
| 10 | Latin | differēns | spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating |
| 11 | Latin | differre | present active infinitive of differō |
| 12 | Latin | differo | I carry different ways, spread, scatter,... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |