Where does “discriminer” come from?
discriminer (French) comes from Latin discriminare, from Latin discrimino, from Latin discrimen, from Latin discerno, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
discriminer (French): to discriminate
Ancestry of “discriminer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | 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 |
Words derived from “discriminer”