different
Middle English
/ˈdifɛrɛnt/
adj
Definitions
- different
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French different derived from Latin differēns affix from Middle English differren (postpone, refer for judgement).
Origin
Middle English
differren
Gloss
postpone, refer for judgement
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- defer English
- differ English
- different English
- differentiation English
- differently English
- differentness English
- equidifferent English
- nondifferent English
- serodifferent English
- undifferent English
- differēns Latin
- different German
- differente Italian
- différent French
- diferente Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- diferente Portuguese
- defferent Middle English
- difference Middle English
- differently Middle English
- differren Middle English
- differryng Middle English
- different Old French
- differer Old French
- diferente Galician
- difféthent Norman
- diferente Asturian
- diferente Ladino