discrimino Latin · revision 9192

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la cernō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈkriː.mɪ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈkriː.mi.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''discrīminō''' (present infinitive discrīmināre, perfect active discrīmināvī, supine discrīminātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[discrīmen]] “dividing line, distinction” with the verb suffix ⟨-ō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ⟨Discrīmen⟩ is from [[discernō]] “to separate”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Varro, of dividing and distinguishing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to divide up, separate, and to distinguish, differentiate, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its participle ''discrīminātus'' gave [[en|discriminate]] in the 1620s, “to distinguish”.^(Etymonline) It was borrowed into Italian ''discriminare'' and Spanish ''discriminar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''discriminate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To divide, separate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|distinguish]], differentiate.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discrīminātim]]

+ * [[discrīminātiō]]

+ * [[discrīminātor]]

+ * [[discriminatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[discrīmen]]

+ * [[discernō]]

+ * [[en|discriminate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}