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Where does “diferans” come from?

diferans (Haitian Creole) comes from French différence, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia, from Latin differēns, from Latin differre, from Latin differo, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

diferans (Haitian Creole): difference

Definitions

  1. difference

Ancestry of “diferans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdifférencedifference
2Old Frenchdifferencedifference
3Latindifferentiadifference; diversity; nominative neuter plural...
4Latindifferēns—
5Latindifferrepresent active infinitive of differō
6LatindifferoI carry different ways, spread, scatter,...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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