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English word variable comes from Latin varius (Diverse, different, various, variegated.)

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varius (Latin)

Diverse, different, various, variegated.

vario (Latin)

(intransitive) I am diversified or variegated; I waver, change, alter, vary.. (transitive) I diversify, variegate, change, transform, make different or various, alter, vary, interchange.

variable (Old French)

variable (English)

(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.. (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.. Able to vary.. Likely to vary.. Marked by diversity or difference. (astronomy) A variable star.. (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.. (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.. (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.. [...]

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