English
multidifferential
Multidifferential comes from Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’, from ferō ‘to bear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- 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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferentiāli
- English1500–presentdifferential
- Englishearliest quotation 2015multidifferential
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- 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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferentiāli
- English1500–presentdifferential
- Englishearliest quotation 2015multidifferential
Earliest quotation: 2015, G. Sardanashvily, Deformation quantization on jet manifolds: “We extended this formulation to the multidifferential ones, and…”
A compound of multi- + differential
Latin differentiālis
English differential
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, fortune, bearing, prefer, burden, barrel, barn, fury, baron, bark, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, berth, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, proffer, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, 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, translation, extraordinary, relative, relate, relation, suffer, translate, frustration, strangely, referendum, referee, fertility, extravagant, fertile, frustrate, elated, confer, infer, infra, extraneous, fertilization, indifferent, ablation, differentiation, elation, strangeness, deference, collation, collate, fertilize, ablative, oblate, estrange, 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, differentiable, differentiator, 26 more
through English differential
Today it means
adj Pertaining to any of various constructions based on multiple differential equations or operators.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / multidifferential