disparate
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disparate
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ UK
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/ UK
- /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/ US
- /dɪˈspæɹət/ US
- /dɪˈspɛɹət/ US
Rhymes with (US) -æɹət, (US) -ɛɹət
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Latin parō
Latin disparō
Latin disparātusder.
Middle French desparatbor.
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Latin disparātusbor.
English disparate
First attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from Latin disparātus, perfect passive participle of disparō (“to divide”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”) and the root *per- (“carry forth”).
adjective more disparate · most disparate
- Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous. The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
- Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs.
- Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground. Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.
noun disparates
- Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
