English
adiaphoron
Adiaphoron comes from Ancient Greek ἀδιάφορος ‘indifferent’, from διάφορος ‘various, different’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρω‘to bring, carry’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαφέρω‘to carry over or across, to carry from one to another’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιάφορος‘various, different’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀδιάφοροςadiáphoros‘indifferent’
- Englishtodayadiaphoron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰérō‘to bear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφέρω‘to bring, carry’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιαφέρω‘to carry over or across, to carry from one to another’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδιάφορος‘various, different’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀδιάφοροςadiáphoros‘indifferent’
- Englishtodayadiaphoron
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, suffering, bread, burden, bearing, barrel, broad, fortune, differently, barn, fury, breeze, bark, bore, baron, berth, indifferent, embargo, fret, broom, barrow, infertility, differentiation, ferret, deference, infertile, insufferable, furtive, bier, differentially, bahar, deferential, proffer, differentiable, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, bear, relative, suffer, translation, relate, relation, extraordinary, referendum, translate, referee, differ, frustration, fertility, strangely, fertile, borne, extravagant, defer, infer, confer, frustrate, elated, fertilization, infra, extraneous, strangeness, ablation, fertilize, elation, collation, collate, ablative, dilate, efferent, oblate, 103 more
through Ancient Greek φέρω ‘to bring, carry’
phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 22 more
Today it means
noun A matter that is morally neutral.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / adiaphoron