English
indifferentness
Indifferentness comes from Latin indifferēns ‘indifferent’, 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 CEindifferēns‘indifferent’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indifferent
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayindifferentness
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 CEindifferēns‘indifferent’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indifferent
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayindifferentness
A compound of indifferent + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin differō ‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter,…’
Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
Latin indifferēns
Old French indifferent
English indifferent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, prefer, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, fury, baron, bark, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, embargo, berth, fret, ferret, furtive, insufferable, bier, bahar, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, proffer, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, 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, translation, relative, reference, relation, extraordinary, relate, suffer, frustration, translate, strangely, fertility, referee, referendum, fertile, extravagant, frustrate, elated, confer, fertilization, differentiation, ablation, infra, infer, elation, extraneous, collation, deference, collate, fertilize, ablative, strangeness, oblate, estrange, deferential, differentially, differentiable, efferent, differentiator, 71 more
through Latin differō ‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter,…’
differently, differ, defer, dilate, 42 more
through Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
Today it means
noun The quality of being indifferent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / indifferentness