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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English differen, [[bor|fro|differer|t=to differ, defer]] and directly from Latin differre, to set apart, scatter, put off, be different,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Collins 2023) from dis-, apart, and ferre, to carry (see [[bear]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *bʰer-, to carry.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[defer]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)
+ It is [[inh|enm|differen]], [[bor|fro|differer|t=to differ, defer]] and directly from [[la|differre]], to set apart, scatter, put off, be different,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Collins 2023) from dis-, apart, and [[m|la|ferre]], to carry (see [[bear]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*bʰer-]], to carry.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[defer]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==