English
dedifferentiate
Dedifferentiate comes from Latin differentia, from differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’, 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-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferō‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferēns‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferentia
- New Latinmoderndifferentiō
- New Latin, derivedmoderndifferentiātus
- English1500–presentdifferentiate
- Englishtodaydedifferentiate
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-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferō‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferēns‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferentia
- New Latinmoderndifferentiō
- New Latin, derivedmoderndifferentiātus
- English1500–presentdifferentiate
- Englishtodaydedifferentiate
A compound of de- + differentiate
Latin dē ‘of; from’
English de-
New Latin differentiātus
English differentiate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, fortune, bearing, prefer, barrel, barn, burden, fury, baron, bark, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, embargo, berth, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, birr, bairn, burnish, proffer, barrette, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, phosphate, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, infertility, infertile, indifferently, 66 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear’
offer, transfer, reference, extraordinary, translation, relative, suffer, relation, relate, frustration, translate, strangely, referendum, referee, fertility, extravagant, fertile, confer, infra, infer, extraneous, frustrate, fertilization, indifferent, elated, strangeness, ablation, differentiation, elation, deference, collation, fertilize, collate, estrange, ablative, oblate, deferential, efferent, 70 more
through Latin differō ‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter,…’
differently, differ, defer, dilate, 39 more
through Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
through Latin differentia
difference, differentially, 26 more
through English differentiate
Today it means
verb To lose or reverse differentiation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / dedifferentiate