discreto
Portuguese
adj
Definitions
- discreet respectful of privacy or secrecy
- discreet not drawing attention, anger or challenge
- discrete individual and noncontinuous
- (mathematics) discrete varying in steps, not continuous
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin discrētus (distinct, separated).
Origin
Latin
discrētus
Gloss
distinct, separated
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- discrētus Latin
- discreto Italian
- discrète French
- дискретный Russian
- discreto Spanish, Castilian
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- discretamente Portuguese
- discrição Portuguese
- discret Old French
- discret Catalan, Valencian