English

different

/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

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    Origin

    From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishdifferent
      • borrowedOld Frenchdifferent
        • derivedLatindifferēns
          • derivedLatindifferō
            • partLatindis- “assunder, apart, utterly”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*dis-
                • inheritedProto-Indo-European*dwís “in two, apart”
              • derivedLatinastrum “star”
                • derivedAncient Greekᾰ̓́στρον “star”
              • derivedOld Frenchconfire “to make”
                • derivedLatincōnficiō “to finish up, to destroy”
            • partLatinferō “to bear, carry”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*ferō
                • inheritedProto-Indo-European*bʰéreti

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