English
indifferentiate
Indifferentiate 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
- Englishearliest quotation 1895indifferentiate
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
- Englishearliest quotation 1895indifferentiate
Earliest quotation: 1895, Samuel Hahnemann, Organon of Medicine: “if there be not in nature a state exactly…”
A compound of in- + differentiate
New Latin differentiātus
English differentiate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, fortune, prefer, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, fury, baron, bark, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, embargo, berth, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, birr, bairn, burnish, proffer, barrette, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, phosphate, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 92 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, infertility, infertile, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear’
offer, transfer, reference, translation, extraordinary, relative, suffer, relation, relate, frustration, translate, strangely, referee, fertility, referendum, extravagant, fertile, confer, extraneous, frustrate, infra, infer, elated, fertilization, strangeness, ablation, deference, differentiation, elation, collation, fertilize, collate, estrange, ablative, oblate, deferential, efferent, 71 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 make less distinct; to obscure any differentiation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / indifferentiate