English
efferent
Efferent comes from Latin efferēns ‘bringing or carrying out etc’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferō‘bring or carry out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferēns‘bringing or carrying out etc’present active participle of efferō
- Englishtodayefferent
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 bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferō‘bring or carry out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEefferēns‘bringing or carrying out etc’present active participle of efferō
- Englishtodayefferent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, fortune, bread, bearing, burden, barn, barrel, fury, baron, bark, prefer, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, embargo, berth, fret, furtive, ferret, insufferable, bahar, bier, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, proffer, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, indifferently, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, infertility, differentiation, indifferent, infertile, deference, differentially, differentiable, deferential, differentiator, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘carry, bear’
different, offer, translation, transfer, extraordinary, relative, difference, relation, relate, frustration, translate, reference, suffer, strangely, fertility, differ, extravagant, fertile, referendum, referee, frustrate, infra, confer, extraneous, fertilization, ablation, infer, collation, defer, strangeness, dilate, collate, ablative, fertilize, oblate, estrange, 79 more
through Latin efferō ‘bring or carry out’
Today it means
adj Carrying away from.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / efferent