English
indifferentistic
Indifferentistic comes from Latin indifferēns ‘indifferent’, from differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-1‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti1‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō1‘to bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferō1‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferēns1‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindifferēns1‘indifferent’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indifferent1
- English1500–presentindifferent1
- Englishtodayindifferentistic1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English indifferentistic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, English indifferentistic‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéretiWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferōWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘to bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferōWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdifferēnsWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindifferēnsWiktionary, English indifferentistic‘indifferent’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400indifferentWiktionary, English indifferentistic
- English1500–presentindifferentWiktionary, English indifferentistic
- EnglishtodayindifferentisticWiktionary, English indifferentistic
A compound of indifferent + -istic
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin differō ‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter,…’
Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
Latin indifferēns
Old French indifferent
English indifferent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, bread, fortune, prefer, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, fury, baron, bark, bore, breeze, broom, barrow, embargo, berth, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, birr, bairn, barrette, proffer, burnish, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, infertility, infertile, 67 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear’
offer, transfer, translation, reference, relative, extraordinary, relate, relation, suffer, translate, frustration, strangely, referee, fertility, referendum, extravagant, fertile, elated, confer, frustrate, extraneous, infra, fertilization, infer, differentiation, ablation, elation, deference, collation, strangeness, collate, fertilize, oblate, ablative, estrange, deferential, differentially, differentiable, efferent, differentiator, 70 more
through Latin differō ‘to carry different ways, spread, scatter,…’
differently, differ, defer, dilate, 41 more
through Latin differēns ‘spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating’
Today it means
adj Expressing or relating to indifferentism.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “indifferentistic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / indifferentistic