differentiator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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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 -iusnom.

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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.

Latin -ia

Latin differentia

New Latin differentiō

New Latin differentiātusbor.

English differentiate

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin -ātor

Old French -eorbor.

Middle English -our

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Latin -torlbor.

English -or

English differentiator

From differentiate + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.tɚ/, [ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ]
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪ.tə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /dəf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪ.tə/

Noun

differentiator (plural differentiators)

1. Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature.