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English word difference comes from Latin fero, Latin dis-, Portuguese dif-, Latin differro, and later Latin differentia (Difference. Diversity.)
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fero (Latin)
I bear, carry. I cast (a vote); pass or ratify (a law). I report. I suffer, endure. I support, hold up.
dis- (Latin)
Asunder, apart, in two. Reversal, removal. Utterly, exceedingly.
dif- (Portuguese)
differro (Latin)
differo (Latin)
(intransitive) I am different, differ, vary.. (transitive) I carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate.. (transitive, figuratively) I defer, put off, protract, delay, adjourn.. (transitive, figuratively) I distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound.. (transitive, figuratively) I spread, publish, circulate, divulge; cry down, defame.
differens (Latin)
differentia (Latin)
Difference. Diversity.
difference (Old French)
Difference.
difference (English)
(transitive) To distinguish or differentiate. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.. (countable) A disagreement or argument.. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to [...]