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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin differentiālislbor. English differential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English differentialize From differential + -ize.

Meanings

1. (rare) Synonym of differentiate.
   • Manifold as are the disorders and diseases of the organs which are more or less concerned in enabling mankind to draw the “breath of life,” it is no intention of mine to differentialize them, and to apportion to each their relative importance. 1876, J[oseph] H[enry] Shorthouse, “Diseases and Disorders of the Breathing Apparatus”, in The Common Sense of Medicine, 3rd edition, London: A. H. Baily & Co., page 7:
   • By taking a false analogy—that of a magnetic needle—he had distorted light into two poles, and thus (no less than had formerly been done) had sought to explain colours by differentializing the Unchangeable and Untouchable. 1836, Sarah Austin, Goethe and His Contemporaries:

Forms

Synonyms

discriminate · differentiate · distinguish